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Study of Electron-transfer reactions (CAT#: STEM-AC-0060-WXH)

Introduction

In an electron transfer reaction, an element undergoing oxidation loses electrons, whereas an element gaining electrons undergoes reduction. In the aluminum‐oxygen example, the aluminum was oxidized, and the oxygen was reduced because every electron transfer reaction involves simultaneous oxidation and reduction.




Principle

The temperature jump method is a technique used in chemical kinetics for the measurement of very rapid reaction rates.
The T-Jump technique provides a means to follow fast reactions with half-lives of just a few microseconds. The reaction volume is prepared so that it is in equilibrium and then rapidly perturbed by a rapid change in temperature. There is a new equilibrium constant at the higher temperature, but the initial concentrations are balanced for the lower temperature. The system therefore relaxes and the reaction proceeds until the concentrations have reached their new equilibrium values.

Applications

Used in chemical kinetics for the measurement of very rapid reaction rates

Materials

Temperature Jump System
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