On Monday we talked about reaction mechanisms and looked at how the overall rate of a reaction is determined by the slowest step in the mechanism. (Not too surprisingly, this step is called the "Rate Determining Step" or the "Rate Limiting Step", and is often noted/labeled "RDS".) Our discussion of reaction mechanisms led us to the idea that if a reaction can proceed in the forward direction, it might also be able to move in the reverse direction, establishing a condition called equilibrium.
For those of you who were in my lab yesterday this may come as no shock, but I have chosen to stay home today and try to finish recovering from this nasty little cold bug that has invaded my sinuses. I will have a problem set printed out for class today that should provide some good practice in Kinetics, I encourage you all to work on it together, but class is (technically) cancelled today.
Don't forget the current Mastering Chemistry assignment, due tomorrow. See you all on Friday.
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