Introduction to Rate of Reaction

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Introduction to Rate of Reaction

1. Chemical reaction: a process in which one or more reactants are converted to one or more products

2. The quantity of the reactant decreases while the quantity of the product increases in that reaction

3. Graphs of changes in quantities of reactant and product against time

4. Similarities between fast reaction and slow reaction

5. Differences between fast reaction and slow reaction

Rate of reaction is high because the reaction happens quickly	Rate of reaction	Rate of reaction is low because the reaction happens slowly
Takes a shorter time to complete	Reaction time	Takes a longer time to complete

6. Rate of reaction

	Rate of reaction

	\(\frac {\text {Change in the quantity of reactant or product}}{ \text {Time taken for the change to occur}}\)