Monday - December 15th through Thursday - December 18th, 2025

Monday - December 15th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 7

Tuesday - December 16th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 1 & 2

Wednesday - December 17th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 3 & 4

Thursday - December 18th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 5  & 6

Friday - December 12th, 2025

Friday - December 12th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

The reaction

5Br (aq) + BrO3 (aq) + 6H+ (aq) → 3Br2 (l) + 3H2O (l)

is expected to obey the mechanism

BrO3 (aq) + H+ (aq) → HBrO3 (aq)

HBrO3 (aq) + H+ (aq) → H2BrO3+ (aq)

H2BrO3+ (aq) + Br (aq)  → (Br—BrO2) (aq) + H2O (l)

(Br—BrO2) (aq)  + 4Br (aq) + 4H+ (aq) → products

If the rate law for this reaction is Rate = k[BrO3-][Br-][H+]2, which step in the mechanism above is the slow step?  Explain your answer.


Daily Plan:
Homework:

Prepare for the semester final exam!

Wednesday - December 10th, 2025

Wednesday - December 10th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

Given the mechanism below:

H2(g) + ICl(g) → HClI(g) + H(g)           (Fast)
H(g) + ICl(g) → HCl(g) + I(g)               (Slow)
HClI(g) → HCl(g) + I(g)                        (Fast)                          
I(g) + I(g) → I2(g)                                  (Fast)

A) Determine the rate law
B) Identify any intermediates
C) Give the overall reaction stoichiometry

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Monday - December 8th, 2025

Monday - December 8th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

What type of graph would you look for to indicate that you were dealing with a 2nd order reaction with respect to a single reactant?

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Thursday - December 4th, 2025

Thursday - December 4th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

The following data were obtained for the reaction A + B + C  products:

Experiment

[A]0

[B]0

[C]0
Initial rate, v0
(mol L-1 s-1)

1

1.25 x 10-3 M

1.25 x 10-3 M

1.25 x 10-3 M

0.0087
2
2.50 x 10-3 M
1.25 x 10-3 M
1.25 x 10-3 M
0.0174
3
1.25 x 10-3 M
3.02 x 10-3 M
1.25 x 10-3 M
0.0508
4
1.25 x 10-3 M
3.02 x 10-3 M
3.75 x 10-3 M
0.457
5
3.01 x 10-3 M
1.00 x 10-3 M
1.15 x 10-3 M
?

(a) Write the rate law for the reaction. 
(b) What is the overall order of the reaction? 
(c) Determine the value of the rate constant.  Make sure to provide units for your answer.
(d) Use the data to predict the initial reaction rate for experiment 5.

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Tuesday - December 2nd, 2025

Tuesday - December 2nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

N/A - Meet in CCA Lab

Daily Plan:
Homework: