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Mice in the Box for Zero-Order Kinetics

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Francisco J. Arnáiz

Universidad de Burgos, Laboratorio de Química Inorgánica, 09001 Burgos, SPAIN

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (10), p 1458

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1458

Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1999

Abstract

The idea of zero-order kinetics frequently produces astonishment the first time it is presented to students because it is difficult to imagine a reaction as being independent of the concentration of all the species involved. To clarify the meaning of zero-order kinetics a parallelism with an imaginary reaction involving the capture of mice by cats is developed.

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Upper-Division Undergraduate

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Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Analogies / Transfer

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Kinetics

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