Nature of Reactants – Grain Dust Explosion

C4H9Cl (aq) + H2O (ℓ) → C4H9OH(aq) + HCl (aq)

An example of acquiring kinetic data

NH4+ (aq) + NO2

- (aq) → N2 (g) + H2O (ℓ)

More complicated rate laws

The formation of ozone in the troposphereWebsite source: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/chem-c2407/hw/ozone_kinetics.pdf

The formation of HBr from gas phase H2 and I2

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k H Brd HBr

dt HBr k Br

Mechanism for Ozone Formation and DestructionChapman (1930)

Website source: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/chem-c2407/hw/ozone_kinetics.pdf

Rank in order from slowest to fastest