Unit 5

Unit 5 is taught through 3 sections

• Equilirbia, Energetics and elements
• Energy
• Transition elements

Equilirbia, Energetics and elements

• Rates of reactions
  • Orders
  • Half lives
  • Initial rates
  • Rate determining steps
• Equilibrium
  • k_c – the equilibrium constant
  • k_c and the rate equation
• Acids and pH
• Conjugate acid – base pairs
• k_w Water dissociation constant
• Buffer solutions
• Neutralisation – titration curves
• Neutralisation – Enthalpy changes

Energy

• Lattice enthalpy
• Enthalpy change of solution
• Entropy
• Gibbs free energy
• Advanced redox
• Cells and half cells
• Cell potentials
• Feasibility of reactions

Transition elements

• Transition metals
• Catalysis
• Ligands
• Transition metal complexes
• Shapes of complexes
• Ligand substitution
• Redox titrations