SPEEDI

NGUPandSLOWINGDOWN
ratesofreaction.

Reactionscanbespeededupby:
1.
Usingreagentsthatareeither:
moreCONCENTRATED(forLIQUIDS)or
atahigherPRESSURE(forGASES)
(THISISNOTTHESAMEASUSINGMOREREAGENTS)
2. IncreasingtheTEMPERATUREatwhichareactionoccursgenerallyforevery
10oCriseintemperaturethereactionratedoubles.
3. UsingreagentsthatarefinelydividedPOWDERSgenerallyworkfasterthan
LUMPS.TheyhaveaBIGGERSURFACEAREA.
4. UsingaCATALYSTthiscangenerallyspeeduporslowdowntherateat
whichachemicalreactionoccurs.

Reactionscanbesloweddownby:
1.
Usingreagentsthatareeither:
moreDILUTEi.eaddlotsofwater(forLIQUIDS)or
atalowerPRESSUREi.eusealargecontainer(forGASES).
(THISISNOTTHESAMEASUSINGLESSREAGENTS)
2. ReducingtheTEMPERATUREatwhichareactionoccursi.eCOOLthings
down.
3. UsingreagentsthathaveaSMALLSURFACEAREAi.ethesubstanceisin
largelumps.
4. UsingaCATALYSTtherightcatalystcanslowdowntherateatwhicha
chemicalreactionoccurs.
EXPLANATION:THECOLLISIONTHEORY
Iftheparticlesmakingupthesubstancesaretoreactwithoneanothertheymusthit
eachother
hardenough
intherightplace.
Ifboththingsoccurthecollisionissaidtobeeffective.
SoNOreactionwilloccurif:

 theparticlesaremovingslowly.
theydon'thiteachotherintherightplace.
Noreactionwillbeseentooccurifnotenoughparticlesreact.
Reactionsgenerallyslowdownasthereactionproceedsbecause:
thenumberofreactingparticlesavailablebecomesmallerandsmaller
ittakeslongerforthesereactingparticlestomeetoneanotherandreact.