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Ingeneral, can we predict the effect of doubling the concentration of A on the rate of the overall reaction A + B⟶C? Can we predict the effect if the reaction is known to be an elementary reaction?

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The effect depends on the type of reaction.

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01

Effect of changing the concentration

For any reaction,\({\bf{A + B}} \to {\bf{C}}\), the effect of change in concentration can be measured only if the order of the reaction and rate constant for the reaction is known.

The rate of any reaction is usually directly proportional to the concentration of the reactant. So, the increasing rate usually increases the rate of any elementary reaction.

02

Effect of concentration on elementary reaction

Yes, the rate of an elementary reaction is directly proportional to the concentration, so effect of concentration can be directly calculated.

Reactions involving a small number of reactants (one or two) and which follow proper chemical rate laws are known as elementary reactions. Since rate laws are followed the changes in rate can be studied by changing the respective values in the rate law equation.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

From the given data, use a graphical method to determine the order and rate constant of the following reaction: 2X⟶Y + Z

Time(s)

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0.

40.0

(X)(M)

0.0990

0.0497

0.0332

0.0249

0.0200

0.0166

0.0143

0.0125

Usethe data provided to graphically determine the order and rate constant of the following reaction: \({\bf{S}}{{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}{\bf{C}}{{\bf{l}}_{\bf{2}}} \to {\bf{S}}{{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}{\bf{ + C}}{{\bf{l}}_{\bf{2}}}\)

Time(hr)

0

5.00*\({\bf{1}}{{\bf{0}}^{\bf{3}}}\)

1.00*\({\bf{1}}{{\bf{0}}^{\bf{4}}}\)

1.50*\({\bf{1}}{{\bf{0}}^{\bf{4}}}\)

2.50*\({\bf{1}}{{\bf{0}}^{\bf{4}}}\)

3.00*104

4.00*104

\({\bf{(S}}{{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}{\bf{C}}{{\bf{l}}_{\bf{2}}}{\bf{)}}\)(M)

0.100

0.0896

0.0802

0.0719

0.0577

0.0517

0.0415

For each of the following pairs of reaction diagrams, identify which of the pairs iscatalyzed:

What is the rate equation for the elementary termolecular reaction A + 2B⟶products? For 3A⟶products?

The annual production of \({\bf{HN}}{{\bf{O}}_{\bf{3}}}\) in 2013 was 60 million metric tons Most of that was prepared by the following sequence of reactions, each run in a separate reaction vessel.

\(\begin{align}\left( a \right){\bf{ }}4N{H_3}{\bf{ }}\left( g \right){\bf{ }} + {\bf{ }}5{O_2}{\bf{ }}(g) \to 4NO\left( g \right){\bf{ }} + {\bf{ }}6{H_2}O\left( g \right)\\\left( b \right){\bf{ }}2NO\left( g \right){\bf{ }} + {\bf{ }}{O_{2{\bf{ }}}}(g) \to 2N{O_{2{\bf{ }}}}\left( g \right)\\\left( c \right){\bf{ }}3N{O_2}{\bf{ }}\left( g \right){\bf{ }} + {\bf{ }}{H_2}O(l) \to 2HN{O_3}(aq) + NO(g)\end{align}\)

The first reaction is run by burning ammonia in air over a platinum catalyst. This reaction is fast. The reaction in equation (c) is also fast. The second reaction limits the rate at which nitric acid can be prepared from ammonia. If equation (b) is second order in NO and first order in \({{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}\), what is the rate of formation of \({\bf{N}}{{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}\) when the oxygen concentration is 0.50 M and the nitric oxide concentration is 0.75 M? The rate constant for the reaction is \({\bf{5}}{\bf{.8 \times 1}}{{\bf{0}}^{{\bf{ - 6}}}}{\bf{ L}}{{\bf{ }}^{\bf{2}}}{\bf{ mo}}{{\bf{l}}^{{\bf{ - 2}}}}{\bf{ s}}{{\bf{ }}^{{\bf{ - 1}}}}\).

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