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4th Order Kinetics?
« on: November 13, 2008, 11:42:49 PM »
If a reaction is found to be 4th order, how do i find the slope of the integrated rate law? 

The reaction is the decomposition of NO2 --> O2 + NO 

So I have my rate law as:  rate = k [NO2]4

I know that since it is 4th order, it took 4 separate reactions to get to this final reaction and that the slope will get smaller with each reaction.
So do I just integrate it as if it were a 1st order?

Thank you!
Molly

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