Example Reaction Rates - First Order in A

First Order Reaction Rate

r A =-kCA
0.1 s-1
20 mol/L
2 L/s

0
0.01
0.1
0.5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

0
0.001
0.01
0.05
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2

XA

1/(-rA)
(Ls)/mol

FA0/(-rA)
(L)

1
0.9995
0.995
0.975
0.95
0.9
0.85
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.65
0.6
0.55
0.5
0.45
0.4
0.35
0.3
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0

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1000
100
20
10
5
3.333333
2.5
2
1.666667
1.428571
1.25
1.111111
1
0.909091
0.833333
0.769231
0.714286
0.666667
0.625
0.588235
0.555556
0.526316
0.5

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40000
4000
800
400
200
133.3333
100
80
66.66667
57.14286
50
44.44444
40
36.36364
33.33333
30.76923
28.57143
26.66667
25
23.52941
22.22222
21.05263
20

-rA (mol/(L s)

CA
"-rA"
(mol/L) (mol/(Ls))

2.5

1.5

1
0.5

0
0

10

15

20

25

CA (mol/L)

First Order Reaction Rate

2.5
2
-rA (mol/(L s)

k=
CA0=
n=

1.5
1
0.5
0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.2

Conversion of A, cA (mol/L)

First Order Reaction Rate

FA0/(-rA) (L)

120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Conversion of A, cA (mol/L)

0.7

0.8

0.9