Order of a Reaction

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Order of a Reaction: Overview

In this topic, we will learn to calculate order of a reaction. It also deals with the concept of molecularity. We will also learn the difference between the order of a reaction and its molecularity with the help of examples.

Important Questions on Order of a Reaction

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For the following elementary reaction, determine its order of reaction and the dimensions of the rate constant:

2NOgN2Og+12O2

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For a reaction, A+2BC, the rate is given by +d[C]dt=kA[B], hence, the order of the reaction is:

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Order of a reaction is the sum of exponents of _____ in the rate equation.

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Order of a reaction with rate constant mol-1Ls-1 is :

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Rate constant and rate of a reaction have the same units for reactions of _____ order.

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What is the order for the following reactions?
CHCl3 (g) +Cl2 (g) CCl4 (g) +HCl (g), rate=K[CHCl3] [Cl2]1/2

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The rate law for the gas-phase reaction 2NO (g)+ O2 (g)  2NO2 (g) is rate =K[NO2]2 [O2]. What is the order of the reaction with respect to each of the reactants and what is the overall order of the reaction?

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Explain the term order of a reaction with examples.

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The following results have been obtained during the kinetic studies of the reaction:

2A+B  C+D

Experiment [A]/mol L-1 [B]/mol L-1 Initial rate of formation of D mol L-1 min-1
I 0.1 0.1 6.0×10-3
II 0.3 0.2 7.2×10-2
III 0.3 0.4 2.88×10-1
IV 0.4 0.1 2.40×10-2

Determine the rate law and the rate constant for the reaction.

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In a reaction between A and B, the initial rate of reaction (ro) was measured for different initial concentration of A and B as given below:

A/ mol L-1 0.20 0.20 0.40
B/ mol L-1 0.30 0.10 0.05
ro /mol L-1 s-1 5.07×10-5 5.07×10-5 1.43×10-4

What is the order of the reaction with respect to A and B?

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Which one of the following statement for the order of the reaction is/are correct?

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Suppose in a chemical reaction AB, it is found that the rate of the reaction doubles when the concentration of A is increased four times. The order of the reaction with respect to A is

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In a given reaction condition N2O5 decomposes as

i) N 2 O 5 g N 2 O g + 2 O 2 g K c = 2  M 2

and same product competes to form N2O3

ii) N 2 O + O 2 N 2 O 3

If initially 1 mole of N2O5 was introduced into a one litre flask subjected to reaction conditions molar concentration of N2O at equilibrium was found to be 0.2 M. Determine Kc for second reaction.

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Concentration of reactant w.r.t. time varies as
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The order of reaction is:

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For a reaction X+YZ , rate [X] . What is (i) molecularity and (ii) order of reaction ?

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What is the order of the reaction which has a rate expression, rate=kA32 B-1

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For the reaction, 2A+B products, when the concentrations of A and B both were doubled, the rate of the reaction increased from 0.3 mol  L 1 to 2.4 mol  L 1   s 1 . When the concentration of A alone is doubled, the rate increased from 0.3 mol  L 1 s 1 to 0.6 mol  L 1 s 1 .
Which one of the following statements is correct?

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For the reaction, 2SO2+O2excess2SO3 the order of reaction with respect to O2 is

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A hypothetical reaction,

X2+Y22 XY follows the following mechanism

X2X+X ........fast

X+Y2XY+Y ......slow

X+YXY .......fast

The order of the overall reaction is

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For a chemical reaction X  Y, the rate of reaction increases by a factor 1.837 when the concentration of X is increased by 1.5 times. The order of the reaction with respect to X is