Order of a reaction

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Order of a reaction: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Order of a Reaction, Zero Order Reactions, Second Order Reactions and First Order Reactions.

Important Questions on Order of a reaction

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The half-life for decay of radioactive C14 is 5730 years. An archaeological artifact containing wood has only 80% of the C14 activity as found in living trees. The age of the artifact would be:
[Given: log 1.25 = 0.0969]

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Rate =KA1/2B3/2C-1 order of the reaction is

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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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For the reaction A+B product

r=K[A]2/3[ B]4/3

order of reaction is :-

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The rate of the first order reaction A products is 0.01 M/s, when reactant's concentration is 0.2 M. The rate constant for the reaction will be

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The slope of the straight line obtained by plotting rate versus concentration of reactant for a first order reaction is.

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The unit of rate constant for first order reaction is

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Statement 1: The exponents for concentration do not necessarily match the stoichiometry coefficients in the rate law expression.

Statement 2: In the rate law expression, exponents for concentration are determined by experiments not by balanced chemical reaction.

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2A(g)3B(g)+2C(g) is a first order reaction.

If the initial pressure is P0 and the total pressure at time 't' is Pt, then the rate constant is:

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Find out the order for the given reaction

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Calculate the half life for a zero order reaction, if reaction is 80% completed in 40 min.

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What is the correct representation of graph for a reaction of first order kinetics (A: moles of reagent remaining, t: time)?

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Radioactive decay is an example of which order of reaction? 

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Calculate the overall order of the reaction, given that a reaction involving A, B and C as reactants is found to obey the rate law, rate=kAxByCz. When the concentration of A, B and C are doubled separately, the rate is also found to increase two, zero and four times respectively. 

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For a first order reaction, AaqBaq+Caq 

TimetMoles of reagentn1n2

Reaction progress is measure with the help of titration of reagent 'R'. If all A, B and C reacted with reagent and have 'n' factors n factor;eq.wt=mol.wtn in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 with the reagent. Calculate k in terms of t, n1 and n2 :

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How much time will it take for 99.9% completion if 75% completion of a first order reaction takes 2.38 hours?

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The graph which is/are correct for a first-order reaction is:

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If t1/2 for the reaction is 6.93 minutes. Then, calculate the time required for the 99.9% completion of a 1st  order reaction.

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If the time required to complete 96% of reaction Q, which is the same as 50% of reaction P and the first-order reactions are given below, then find the ratio of the rate constants (k2/k1).

Pk1A+B   

Qk2C+D