We are given with following information about concentration of reactant with initial rate of reaction. Find out order of reaction with respect to that reactant.
| Initital conncentration | Initial rate |
| 0.005 M | 7.5 x 10-4 |
| 0.02 | 3 x 10-3 |
Correct Answer :
Solution :
The correct answer is 1.
To determine the order of the reaction with respect to the reactant, we can write the general rate equation as:
where is the rate constant and is the order of the reaction with respect to that reactant.
We are given two sets of measurements:
1. Initial concentration = 0.005 M, Initial rate = 7.5 x 10-4
2. Initial concentration = 0.02 M, Initial rate = 3 x 10-3
Let us calculate the factor by which the concentration increases:
Next, let us calculate the factor by which the rate of the reaction increases:
Since the rate becomes 4 times when the concentration is increased by 4 times, we write the relation as:
This gives:
Thus, the order of the reaction with respect to the reactant is 1.
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