Studying the rate of a reaction expressed in terms of the concentrations of reactants and products and how the rate is related to the stoichiometry of a reaction.
The rate law of a reaction is defined in terms of the rate constant and reaction order.
The integrated rate law shows the relationship between reactant concentration and time
The half-life is the time required for the concentration of a reactant to decrease to half of its initial value. It is useful for distinguishing between reactions of different orders.
The rate of a reaction usually increases with temperature. Activation energy, which is the minimum amount of energy required to initiate a chemical reaction, also influences the rate.
the mechanism of a reaction consists of series of the elementary steps and the rate law can be determined from the slowest or rate-determining step.
Catalyst increase the rate of a reaction by lowering the activation energy by changing the pathway of a reaction.