Kinetic vs thermodynamics
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Kinetic vs thermodynamics
I have difficulty understanding how to solve the problem when it uses kinetics vs thermodynamics in the question? How do I solve the problem in both different cases?
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Re: Kinetic vs thermodynamics
You use kinetics when you are observing the speed/rate of a reaction and use thermodynamics to tell if the reaction is favored or not
Re: Kinetic vs thermodynamics
You shouldn't confuse the two when doing calculations. When a question is asking about thermodynamics and kinetics at the same time it is most likely a conceptual problem that has to do energy profiles.
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Re: Kinetic vs thermodynamics
Kinetics is all about the rate. It involves activation energy, and rate constants, but thermodynamics has to do with Gibbs, entropy, enthalpy, and heat.
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