Physical · Chemical Kinetics
Chemical Kinetics
Exam-focused revision notes on Chemical Kinetics for CSIR-NET Chemical Sciences, GATE Chemistry and IIT-JAM — the core concepts, the formulas worth memorising, the traps that cost marks, and a quick-recall table.
The core idea
Kinetics is about how fast a reaction goes and by what pathway — not whether it is thermodynamically favourable. The rate law must be found experimentally.
What this note covers
- 1The core idea
- 2Rate of reaction
- 3Rate law, order & molecularity
- 4Integrated rate laws
- 5Arrhenius equation & activation energy
- 6Effect of temperature & catalyst
- 7Rate-determining step (RDS)
- 8Common traps students miss
- 930-second recall table
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