Factors Affecting the Reaction Rate

Rounding up the whole chapter. Every rate-affecting influence discussed across the chapter -- and one new one, surface area -- is drawn together here into a single list of five factors that experimentally change how fast a reaction proceeds: (1) the nature and physical state of the reactant, (2) the concentration of the reactant, (3) the surface area of the reactant, (4) the temperature of the reaction, and (5) the presence of a catalyst. Temperature's effect was already derived in full via collision theory and the Arrhenius equation (Sections 7.7-7.8); the remaining four factors -- nature/state, concentration, surface area, and catal …