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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : The rate law for a chemical reaction relates the reaction rate with the concentrations or partial pressures of the reactants. For a general reaction aA + bB → C with no intermediate steps in its reaction mechanism, meaning that it is an elementary reaction, the rate law is given by r = k[A]x[B]y, where [A] and [B] express the concentrations of A and B in moles per litre. Exponents x and y vary for each reaction and are determined experimentally. The value of k varies with conditions that affect reaction rate, such as temperature, pressure, surface area, etc. The sum of these exponents is known as overall reaction order. A zero order reaction has a constant rate that is independent of the concentration of the reactants. A first order reaction depends on the concentration of only one reactant. A reaction is said to be second order when the overall order is two. Once we have determined the order of the reaction, we can go back and plug in one set of our initial values and solve for k.
Answer the following questions (Do any two) :
A reaction is first order in X and second order in Y.
The number of molecules that react with each other in an elementary reaction is a measure of the :
For the reaction X + 2Y → P, the differential form equation of the rate law is:
Define molecularity of the reaction. State any one condition in which a bimolecular reaction may be kinetically of first order.
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