Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A gas reaction has the rate law . The time is measured in minutes. In one run, and , and the rate is . (a) What is the overall order, and what is the unit of ? (b) Find .
The rate law is , and the orders come from experiment. When only changes by a factor , the rate changes by . For overall order , the unit of is .
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
(a) Order and unit. The overall order is . For order 3, the unit of is with the time in minutes.
(b) The value. We want , so .
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Answer: third order, and .
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