General Chemistry · Module 13 · Chemical kinetics

Kinetics Walkthrough

Watch molecules collide, bounce off, break through the energy hill and react, and see how that one picture explains reaction rates, rate laws, half-lives, mechanisms and catalysts. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · General Chemistry Study Tools · Particle drawings are simplified and not to scale. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Particles move far slower than real molecules, and reactions are sped up so you can follow them. Practise next in the Kinetics Lab.