Rates of Reaction
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Essay title: Rates of Reaction
Experiment: Investigation into the factors that effect the rate of reaction
I am going to investigate how different factors affect the rate of a reaction.
Introduction
What is a reaction? A reaction is when two particles (reactants) join to form a new product or products.
What is rate? Rate is a measure of how fast or how slow something is. Rate is a measurement of the change that happens in a single unit of time, any suitable measurement can be used such as seconds, minutes, hours or even days.
What is the rate of a chemical reaction? The rate of a chemical reaction is how fast the reactants react.
How to find the rate of a reaction? In general to find the rate of a reaction, you should measure either the amount