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AnneBee:
Given the following reaction at a constant temperature:
CH3COCH3 + I2 --> CH3COCH2I + HI
1 0.100 mol/L 0.100 mol/L 1.16 x 10-7 mol/ls
2 0.0500mol/L 0.100 mol/L 5.79 x 10-8
3 0.0500 mol/L 0.500 mol/L 5.78 x 10-8
Determine the rate law for this reaction
HERE IS MY WORK:
Trial 1-->2 [CH3COCH3]x = rate
0.0500/0.100 = 5.79 x 10-8/1.16 x 10-7 mol/ls
0.5x = 2.9
This is incorrect why?
Trial 2 -->3 [I2]x = rate
[0.500/100]y=5.78 x 10-8/ 5.79 x 10-8
5y = 1
y = 0
This is also wrong why?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
MNIO:
where did you get
[CH3COCH3]x = rate
0.0500/0.100 = 5.79 x 10-8/1.16 x 10-7 mol/ls what happened to the x
0.5x = 2.9 x?, 2.9?
should be
([CH3COCH3#2] / [CH3COCH3#1])x = (rate#2 / rate#1)
(0.0500/0.100)x = (5.79 x 10-8 / 1.16 x 10-7)
0.5x = 0.5
x = 1
same thing for y, you wrote
[I2]x = rate
[0.500/100]y=5.78 x 10-8/ 5.79 x 10-8
5y = 1
y = 0
should be
([I2#3] / [I2#2])x = rate#3 / rate#2
([0.500/0.100])y = (5.78 x 10-8 / 5.79 x 10-8)
5y = 1
y = 0
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finishing the problem
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now we know
rate = k * [CH3CO2H]¹ * [I2]⁰
or simply
rate = k * [CH3CO2H]
now we need to plug in any data point and solve for "k"
k = rate / [CH3CO2H] = (1.16e-7 M/s) / (0.100 M) = 1.16e-6 / sec
and now we can write the full rate equation
rate = (1.16x10^-6 / sec) * [CH3CO2H]
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