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Ch.14 - Chemical Kinetics

Chapter 14, Problem 160

You may have been told not to mix bleach and ammonia. The reason is that bleach (sodium hypochlorite) reacts with ammonia to produce toxic chloramines, such as NH2Cl. For example, in basic solution: OCl-1aq2 + NH31aq2S OH-1aq2 + NH2Cl1aq2 (a) The following initial rate data for this reaction were obtained in basic solution at 25 °C What is the rate law for the reaction? What is the numerical value of the rate constant k, including the correct units?
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