Chapter 3: Rate Laws
Relative Rates of Reaction
The Reaction:
is carried out in a reactor. If at a particular point, the rate of disappearance of A is 10 mol/dm3/s, what are the rates of B and C?
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The Reaction:
is carried out in a reactor. If at a particular point, the rate of disappearance of A is 10 mol/dm3/s, what are the rates of B and C?
Solution
The rate of disappearance of A, -ra, is
or the rate of formation of species A is
The relative rates are
Species B
The rate of formation of species B is
The rate of disappearance of B, -rb,is
Species C
The rate of formation of C, -rc, is