This chapter describes the conditions that affect the rate at which a reaction proceeds in terms of collision theory. It also explains reaction mechanisms and the different factors that affect reaction rates.

In this chapter, you will learn: to define the rate of a chemical reaction to identify the intermediate products of a reaction mechanism to describe a rate law for a chemical reaction to understand chemical reactions in terms of collision theory to define activation energy and describe an activated complex to list the factors that affect reaction rates and explain them according to collision theory