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What you'll learn- Understand what chemical kinetic is and why it is important.
- Learn the basic notation used in chemical kinetics
- Understand spectrocopy as a means to measure reaction rates.
- Derive the Beer-Lambert Law.
- Know the difference between the rate of a reaction and the rate of change of a molecular species.
- Derive mass-action kinetic rate laws given a reaction scheme.
- Understand Half-life and learn how to compute the half-life from …
Rating 4.05 out of 5 (14 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn- Understand what chemical kinetic is and why it is important.
- Learn the basic notation used in chemical kinetics
- Understand spectrocopy as a means to measure reaction rates.
- Derive the Beer-Lambert Law.
- Know the difference between the rate of a reaction and the rate of change of a molecular species.
- Derive mass-action kinetic rate laws given a reaction scheme.
- Understand Half-life and learn how to compute the half-life from kinetic data.
- Use the computer to determine whether a reaction is first or seconrd-order and estimate the reaction's rate constant
- Understand the principle of collision theory and how it contributes to our understanding of chemical reactions.
- Learn to apply the Arrhenius equation to problems in chemical kinetics
DescriptionThis course is an introduction to chemical kinetics. It can serve either as a refresher course for existing students or provide a starting point for new students wishing to learn the basic principles of chemical kinetics. The course is split to into six sections and nineteen lectures. Each lecture has a series of written exercises and online quizes. Answers to all exercies are provided in an answer document at the end of the course. The last section includes comprehensive exam that students can use to access their overall performance. Answers to the exam questions are provided. Online quiz sessions are attached to each lecture and can be used as quick accessment tool for students.
The course covers a variety of topics and includes two refresher subtopics on measurement units and mathematics. The course includes a number of lectures on spectroscopy with live demonstations of how light absoprtion can be used to measure concentrations and reaction rates.
Sections 3 to 6 comprise the bulk of work on chemical kinetics incuding topics on progress of a reaction, rates of reaction, mass-action kinetics, half-life, determining rate constants from kinetic data and collision theory including the Arrhenius equation and catalysts.
The course will be continually improved based on user feedback.
