Question

The following results have been obtained during the kinetic studies of the reaction:

  2A + B → C + D

 

Experiment	A/ mol L−1	B/ mol L−1	Initial rate of formation of D/mol L−1 min−1
I	0.1	0.1	6.0 × 10−3

 

II	0.3	0.2	7.2 × 10−2
III	0.3	0.4	2.88 × 10−1
IV	0.4	0.1	2.40 × 10−2

Determine the rate law and the rate constant for the reaction.

 

Answer 1

Let the order of the reaction with respect to A be x and with respect to B be y. Therefore, rate of the reaction is given by,