Chemical Kinetics and Nuclear ChemistryHard

Question

The order of reaction A → Products, may be given by which of the following expression(s)?

Options

A.$\frac{\ln r_{2} - \ln r_{1}}{{\ln\lbrack A\rbrack}_{2} - {\ln\lbrack A\rbrack}_{1}}$
B.$\frac{{\ln\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack}_{2} - {\ln\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack}_{1}}{{\ln\left\lbrack t_{1/2} \right\rbrack}_{2} - {\ln\left\lbrack t_{1/2} \right\rbrack}_{1}}$
C.$1 + \frac{{\ln\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack}_{2} - {\ln\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack}_{1}}{{\ln\left\lbrack t_{1/2} \right\rbrack}_{2} - {\ln\left\lbrack t_{1/2} \right\rbrack}_{1}}$
D.$\frac{\ln(r/K)}{\ln\lbrack A\rbrack}$

Solution

$r = K.\lbrack A\rbrack^{n} \Rightarrow n = \frac{\ln(r/K)}{\ln\lbrack A\rbrack}$

Now, $\frac{r_{2}}{r_{1}} = \left( \frac{\left\lbrack A_{2} \right\rbrack}{\left\lbrack A_{1} \right\rbrack} \right)^{n} \Rightarrow n = \frac{\ln r_{2} - \ln r_{1}}{\ln\left\lbrack A_{2} \right\rbrack - \ln\left\lbrack A_{1} \right\rbrack}$

$\text{and, }t_{1/2}\alpha\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack^{1 - n} \Rightarrow \frac{\left( t_{1/2} \right)_{2}}{\left( t_{1/2} \right)_{1}} = \left( \frac{\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack_{2}}{\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack_{1}} \right)^{1 - n} $$$\therefore n = 1 - \frac{{\ln\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack}_{2} - {\ln\left\lbrack A_{0} \right\rbrack}_{1}}{{\ln\left( t_{1/2} \right)}_{2} - {\ln\left( t_{1/2} \right)}_{1}}$$

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