Questions tagged [rate-equation]
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Does 'k' in the rate law change with a change in volume
I'm a high school AP Chem student and we recently learned about the rate law and the Arrhenius equation. In school, we learned that rate constant 'k' is only changed with temperature or catalyst. ...
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Rate of Reaction - Potassium Permanganate and Hydrogen Peroxide
I'm interested in an aerospace project that requires I know the reaction rate ($[\pu{M/s}]$) of,
$$\ce{2 KMnO4 (aq) + 3 H2O2 (aq) -> 3 O2 (g) + 2 MnO2 (s) + 2 KOH (aq) + 2H2O (l)}.$$
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Are there any genuine, elementary ternary reactions?
Macroscopically, reaction rates can be of varied order. But mechanistically, most reactions are first-order or second-order/binary (e.g. SN2, many catalyst surface reactions, dimers). Most processes ...
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Writing rate of disappearance and rate of appearance using rate law [closed]
I have studied that rate of disappearance and rate of appearance is the change in concentration of reactants and products (respectively) with respect to time. Thus,
$$\text{ROD} = -\frac{\Delta c_R}{\...
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Assuming 2O3 (g) → 3O2 (g), how much oxygen will be formed within 5.50 s for a reaction rate of 0.250 M/s?
Context: The rate of appearance of $\ce{O2}$ in the reaction: $\ce{2O3 (g) -> 3O2 (g)}$ is $\pu{0.250 M/s}$. So, over the first $\pu{5.50 s}$, will it form $\pu{1.38 M}$, or $\pu{4.13 M}$ of oxygen ...
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What is the rate law of a reaction: 2A + 3B → products? [closed]
Update: I found out that the coefficients of the chemical reaction are not the exponents in the rate law. It is actually the order of the species during the reaction.
It is known that in the reaction, ...
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Problem understanding the rate of reaction of reversible reactions
Case 1:
$$\ce{CH_3COOH + NaOH<=>CH_3COONa + H_2O}$$
At equilibrium, there remain extremely small concentrations of the reactants (acetic acid and sodium hydroxide), and comparatively large ...
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The Mechanism of Termolecular Reactions
How does a termolecular elementary reaction happen under the law of mass action? My physical chemistry textbook only says details about bimolecular and unimolecular reactions with collision theory. I ...
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Can an elementary reaction have zero order?
I am very confused right now about my approach to this question could somebody help me out with this. I reasoned my answer as given below
Let's assume if a complex reaction is of zero order. It ...
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Calculate concentration of product after time passed
If I have two parallel reactions:
A --> P$1$ (k$_1$ = $0.00010$ s$^{-1}$)
A --> P$2$ (k$_2$ = $0.00050$ s$^{-1}$)
and know that the initial concentration of A is $0.0417$ M. How can I ...
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Determining reaction order from absorbance
A reaction is initiated in a solution which contained a dissolved component. The transmittance was measured at $\pu{240 nm}$ in a $\pu{2.54 cm}$ long cell. At $t = 0$ the transmittance was $1$. $\...
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Determining ion charge using rate constants and ionic strength
I am given the following data:
The rate constant $k$ at $\pu{25 ^\circ C}$ in a reaction of persulfate ions and iodide ions in a water solution is assumed to vary with the total ionic strength of the ...
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Deriving kinetic equations for reversible reactions
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Given the reaction $\ce{A <=>[$k_\mathrm f$][$k_\mathrm b$] B}$ with rate constants $k_\mathrm f = \pu{4E-2 s-1}$ and $k_\mathrm b = \pu{10^{-2} s-1}$. Initially, $\pu{2 mol}$ of $\ce{A}...
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Why do alkenes (olefins) burn hotter than alkanes (paraffins), even though alkanes are denser and more hydrogen-rich?
Burning hydrogen releases more total energy than combusting carbon, and all alkanes are denser as well, so why are flame temperatures for alkene molecules higher than their equivalent alkanes?
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How is the equilibrium expression (law of mass action) related to the rate law? [duplicate]
Every chemistry textbook I've read will have a chapter on the rate law. It will say something like, given a reaction $a\text{A} + b\text{B} \rightarrow c\text{C} + d\text{D}$, the rate law (for the ...
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