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TUTORIAL 2- Topic 2
1. What is a rate law? What factors affect the value of the rate constant for a given
reaction?
2. What are the units of the rate constant for (a) a first order reaction (b) second order
reaction
4. For the decomposition of dinitrogen pentoxide, the following data were collected in
constant volume of batch reactor
2N 2O5 4NO2 O2
Concentration, (mol/L) Time (s)
5.00 0
3.52 500
2.48 1000
1.75 1500
1.23 2000
0.87 2500
0.61 3000
Determine the rate law of this decomposition reaction using differential method.
CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING CHE594