00:01
For the generic reaction a plus b plus c goes to d, given the initial rates and the initial concentrations, we should be able to determine the order of the reaction with respect to each reactant.
00:13
When only c is doubled, so i'm looking at experiments, let's see, a, 1, and 4, where the a concentration stays constant at 0 .05, and the b concentration stays constant at 0 .05, 0 .05, but the concentration of c is doubled from 0 .01 to 0 .02.
00:43
We see that the rate stays constant for experiments 1 and 4.
00:47
Therefore, if you change the concentration of just one reactant, and the rate does not change when changing the concentration of that reactant, this would be zero order.
01:00
So it's zero order with respect to c.
01:04
Now when only b is doubled, so i'm looking at experiments 2 and 3 where a stays constant at 0 .1 molar and c stays constant at 0 .01 molar, and b goes from 0 .05 to 0 .1 molar.
01:23
When we double the concentration of b, we'll notice that we quadruple the rate of the reaction from 1 .25 times 10 to the negative 2 to 5 .00 times 10 to the negative 2, doubling a concentration resulting in a and a quadrupling of a reaction is indicative, the rate of the reaction is indicative of a second order reaction.
01:48
So this reaction is second order with respect to b.
01:52
Now when only a is doubled, so i'm looking at experiments one and two, where c stays constant at 0 .01, b stays constant at 0 .05 molar, and a is doubled from 0 .05 to point one.
02:08
We see that the rate of the reaction is also doubled from 6 .25 times 10 to negative 3 to 1 .25 times 10 to the negative 2.
02:17
So when we double the concentration, we double the rate.
02:23
This is indicative of a first order reaction, so it's first order with respect to a.
02:30
So we can then write the differential rate law for the reaction as rate is equal to k, multiplied by a concentration of a, raised to the first power, multiplied by concentration of b raised to the second power...