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This question, a question 11, is a method of initial rates question, where we need to look at the initial concentrations of the reactants in three different experiments, recognize which reactant is changing between two experiments, and compare the change in concentration to the change in rate to determine the order with respect to the reactant that has a change in, concentration.
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We can do this by simply visually comparing the change in rates, i'm sorry, the change in concentration to the change in rates, if the math is easy, or we can do it mathematically.
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It turns out for number 11, we can do it just visually.
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For number 12, we're going to have to do it mathematically.
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So for part a, it asks us to determine the order with respect to the reaction for each reactant.
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If we look closely at the data, we see that it inexperienced measurements 1 and 2, the oxygen concentration is staying constant and the no concentration has been doubled.
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When the no concentration was doubled, the rate went from 2 .5 times 10 to negative 5 to 1 .0 times 10 to the negative 4.
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So the rate was quadrupled.
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If we double the concentration of something and the rate ends up being quadrupled, then the reaction is second order with respect to that reactant.
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Then if we look closely at experiments 1 and 3, the no concentration is staying constant, but the o2 concentration is doubled.
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If we double the o2 concentration, we see that the rate goes from 2 .5 times 10 to negative 5 to 5 .0 times 10 to the negative 5, which is double.
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So doubling the o2 concentration just doubled the rate so it is first order with respect to o2.
02:01
So the rate equation then is rate equals k, no, to the second power because it's second order, multiplied by o2.
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Then for part c, it asks us to calculate the rate constant.
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To calculate the rate constant, we can use any data from the three experiments that are provided.
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I'm going to use the data from the first experiment, where the rate is 2 .5 times 10 to negative 5.
02:27
That's going to be equal to k, multiplied by the no concentration square, as shown up here, multiplied by the o2 concentration, which is .01 also, as shown up here...