Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Chapter 4.8, Problem 4.13P
When a small piece of plat num is added to a mixture of ethene and hydrogen, the following reaction occurs:
Doubling the concentration of hydrogen has no effect on the reaction rate. Doubling the concentration of ethene also has no effect.
- a. What is the kinetic order of this reaction with respect to ethene? With respect to hydrogen? What is the overall order?
- b. Write the unusual rate equation for this reaction.
- c. Explain this strange rate equation and suggest what one might do to accelerate the reaction.
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The rate of a certain reaction is given by the following rate law: rate=kNO2O2
Use this information to answer the questions below.
What is the reaction order in NO?
What is the reaction order in O2?
What is overall reaction order?
At a certain concentration of NO and O2, the initial rate of reaction is 79.0 M / s. What would the initial rate of the reaction be if the concentration of NO were doubled? Round your answer to
3
significant digits.
Ms
The rate of the reaction is measured to be 6.0 x 104 M / s when [NO] = 0.70 M and [O2] = 1.1 M. Calculate the value of the rate constant. Round your answer to
2
significant digits.
=k⋅M−2s−1
The rate of a certain reaction is given by the following rate law:
rate =kNO2O2
Use this information to answer the questions below.
What is the reaction order in NO?
What is the reaction order in O2?
What is overall reaction order?
At a certain concentration of NO and O2, the initial rate of reaction is 79.0 M / s. What would the initial rate of the reaction be if the concentration of NO were doubled? Round your answer to
3
significant digits.
Ms
The rate of the reaction is measured to be 6.0 x 104 M / s when [NO] = 0.70 M and [O2] = 1.1 M. Calculate the value of the rate constant. Round your answer to
2
significant digits.
=k⋅M−2s−1
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Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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