Chapter 14, Problem 14.4QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Two reactions those are very slow and two reactions those are very fast have to be identified.

Concept introduction:

Rate of a reaction: It represents the speed at which a chemical reaction runs.  How much concentration of substrates (reactants) consumed and how much concentration of targets (products) formed in a unit of time is said to be rate of reaction.  By using rate of reaction we can classify the two types of reactions, those are as follows.

Slow reaction: In slow reactions the rate of reaction is very slow.  It means the conversion of substrates (reactants) to targets (products) takes long time over days.

Fast reaction: In fast reactions the rate of reaction is very high.  It means the conversion of substrates (reactants) to targets (products) takes very less time over in seconds, minutes or hours.