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Ch.14 - Chemical Kinetics
Chapter 14, Problem 89c

Consider the reaction A + B → C + D. Is each of the following statements true or false? (c) If the reaction is an elementary reaction, the rate law of the reverse reaction is first order.

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Key Concepts

Here are the essential concepts you must grasp in order to answer the question correctly.

Elementary Reactions

An elementary reaction is a single step process in which reactants are converted to products in a single transition state. The rate law for an elementary reaction can be directly derived from its stoichiometry, meaning the rate is proportional to the concentration of the reactants raised to the power of their coefficients in the balanced equation.
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Rate Laws

Rate laws express the relationship between the rate of a chemical reaction and the concentration of its reactants. For elementary reactions, the rate law is straightforward, while for complex reactions, it may involve intermediates and cannot be directly inferred from stoichiometry. The order of the reaction indicates how the rate is affected by the concentration of reactants.
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Reverse Reactions

The reverse reaction is the process in which products are converted back into reactants. For an elementary reaction, if the forward reaction is first order with respect to a reactant, the reverse reaction will also exhibit a specific order based on the stoichiometry of the products. Understanding the relationship between forward and reverse reactions is crucial for determining the rate laws of both directions.
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Textbook Question

The activation energy of an uncatalyzed reaction is 95 kJ/mol. The addition of a catalyst lowers the activation energy to 55 kJ/mol. Assuming that the collision factor remains the same, by what factor will the catalyst increase the rate of the reaction at (a) 25 C

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The activation energy of an uncatalyzed reaction is 95 kJ/mol. The addition of a catalyst lowers the activation energy to 55 kJ/mol. Assuming that the collision factor remains the same, by what factor will the catalyst increase the rate of the reaction at (b) 125 °C?

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Textbook Question

Consider the reaction A + B → C + D. Is each of the following statements true or false? (b) If the reaction is an elementary reaction, the rate law is second order.

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The reaction 2 NO(g) + O2(g) → 2 NO2 (g) is second order in NO and first order in O2. When [NO] = 0.040 M, and 3O24 = 0.035 M, the observed rate of disappearance of NO is 9.3⨉10-5 M/s. (b) What is the value of the rate constant?

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The reaction 2 NO(g) + O2(g) → 2 NO2 (g) is second order in NO and first order in O2. When [NO] = 0.040 M, and 3O24 = 0.035 M, the observed rate of disappearance of NO is 9.3⨉10-5 M/s. (c) What are the units of the rate constant?

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Consider the following reaction between mercury(II) chloride and oxalate ion: 2 HgCl21aq2 + C2O4 2 - 1aq2¡2 Cl - 1aq2 + 2 CO21g2 + Hg2Cl21s2 The initial rate of this reaction was determined for several concentrations of HgCl2 and C2O4 2 -, and the following rate data were obtained for the rate of disappearance of C2O4 2 - : Experiment 3HgCl2 4 1M 2 3C2o4 24 1M 2 Rate 1M,s2 1 0.164 0.15 3.2 * 10-5 2 0.164 0.45 2.9 * 10-4 3 0.082 0.45 1.4 * 10-4 4 0.246 0.15 4.8 * 10-5 (c) What is the reaction rate when the initial concentration of HgCl2 is 0.100 M and that of C2O4 2- is 0.25 M if the temperature is the same as that used to obtain the data shown?

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