Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Bromate ions react with bromide ions in acid: . The initial rates were measured at a fixed temperature. The numbers are chosen for practice.
Find the order in each reactant, the overall order and the rate constant.
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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.
Step 1. Bromate. Run 2 doubles bromate. The rate doubles: . The order is 1.
Step 2. Bromide. Run 3 triples bromide. The rate triples: . The order is 1.
Step 3. Hydrogen ion. Run 4 doubles the acid. The rate becomes four times as large: . The order is 2.
Step 4. The rate law. . The overall order is .
Step 5. The rate constant. We want , so . With run 1, all three concentrations are and the powers add up to 4, so .
Answer: orders 1, 1 and 2. The overall order is 4 and .
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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 .