Eliyah Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 How does temperature affect the time it takes to reach thermal equilibrium? How do I predict the time if DeltaT is 20 degrees celcius? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 The time to reach equilibrium depends on the kinetics of the reaction. In turn, the kinetics are described by rate laws. IB does not deal with kinetics of reversible reactions but you can look them up online. For first and second order reactions you need the integrated reaction rate laws. For more complicated reactions you need to solve a system of differential equations. Ideally you would know the rate constants, but typically you manipulate one chemical species at a time and you would fine the rate law that way. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msj Chem Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Don't you mean thermal equilibrium between two objects of different temperature rather than chemical equilibrium? If you do mean thermal equilibrium , then you should check out Newtons law of cooling. Edited September 11, 2018 by Msj Chem Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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