17.2Chemical Reaction Rates
Section · module m68786
What this needs
Learn these first — this section will not make sense without them.
Nothing in the algebra book is a prerequisite for this section.
What this touches
Algebra that turns up here. Not a blocker, but this is where you will see it used.
Average rate = −Δ[A]/Δt is the average-rate-of-change formula (f(x₂)−f(x₁))/(x₂−x₁) with concentration as output and time as input, and the instantaneous rate read from a tangent line to the concentration-vs-time curve is the same idea at a single point — reaction rates are the first place that already-learned slope machinery pays off on real data.