An experiment was conducted where the concentration of a reactant was measured over time.
Time (sec) | Concentration (M) |
0 |
0.973 |
50 |
0.514 |
100 |
0.342 |
150 |
0.258 |
200 |
0.205 |
250 |
0.171 |
What is the order of the reaction with respect to the reactant?
If we plot the graph between (1/C) versus time we will get straight line.
For second order reaction we have
(1/C) = (1/C0) + kt
Where C is concentration at time t and C0 is initial concentration of reactant. k is rate constant.
If we plot the graph between concentration values versus time then we will get a straight line with intercept (1/C0) and slope k.
Hence the given reaction is second order reaction.
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