The hydrolysis of the sugar sucrose to the sugars glucose and fructose,
follows a first-order rate equation for the disappearance of sucrose: Rate
(a) In neutral solution,
(b) When a solution of sucrose with an initial concentration of 0.150 M reaches equilibrium, the concentration of sucrose is
(c) Why does assuming that the reaction is irreversible simplify the calculation in pan (b)?
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