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Rate law
« on: October 04, 2014, 07:20:34 AM »
Please could somebody explain the steps being done to get to the final step in the image
S2O82− + 2 I−→ 2 SO42− + I2

Please see image below.


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Re: Rate law
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2014, 07:54:28 AM »
Please identify which steps you don't understand.

Have you looked up integrated rate laws?

Have you looked up the meaning of "pseudo first order"?

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2014, 08:08:28 AM »
Please identify which steps you don't understand.

Have you looked up integrated rate laws?

Have you looked up the meaning of "pseudo first order"?

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Thank you for prompt reply Dan,

I have looked up the integrated rate law and psuedo first order previously.. I understand that the (a-x) is because the concentration of the first reactant is a at t= 0, and amount reacted after time t is repreented by x, but where does (b-2x) come from and why is it k2?

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2014, 08:18:03 AM »
I think the decision to label the rate constant k2 is arbitrary.

It looks to me as though x = [I2]

What is the relationship between [I-] and [I2]?

Can you write an expression for [I-] in terms of b and x?
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Re: Rate law
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2014, 08:43:52 AM »
I think the decision to label the rate constant k2 is arbitrary.

It looks to me as though x = [I2]

What is the relationship between [I-] and [I2]?

Can you write an expression for [I-] in terms of b and x?

I am very confused now Dan, I have only begun learning kinetics recently on 1st year. The original document is here http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/chemistry/courses/ch321/labwork/documents/KineticsF07.pdf

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2014, 09:26:48 AM »
OK, so the document explains everything other than where the first equation came from.

Let's start with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_equation

Are you ok with the first paragraph on that page? Are you comfortable with constructing basic rate equations?

The reaction rate in your question is being expressed as the formation of I2 over time. That is the rate of change in concentration of I2 (which is called [I2] - the square brackets mean "concentration of"). [I2] = x.

Start by writing a general rate equation (like the one at the top of the Wikipedia page) for your reaction.

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2014, 09:38:37 AM »
rate = k [S2082-]^x [I-]^y

I am also okay with looking at the rate as loss of reactant such as -  d[X]  / dt   

I understand that pseudo first order means that one reactant is in excess

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2014, 10:14:14 AM »
rate = k [S2082-]^x [I-]^y

Ok good.

your exponents x and y are determined experimentally and are given in the document you linked to. They are both 1.

So: rate = d[I2]/dt = k[S2O82-][I-]

In this question, we let [I2] = x

dx/dt = k[S2O82-][I-]

At the beginning of the reaction (t = 0), the concentration of S2O82-, or [S2O82-]0 = a

At the beginning of the reaction (t = 0), the concentration of I-, or [I-]0 = b

The concentration of S2O82- at any given time, [S2O82-], is  (what you started with) - (what has reacted). (What has reacted) is proportional to (what has formed). We know that (what you started with) = a, and (what has formed) = x

Now look at the relationship between (what has reacted) and x. One persulfate reacts to give one iodine.

1(what has reacted) = 1x
(what has reacted) = x

So we can say that [S2O82-] = (what you started with) - (what has reacted)
                                          = a - x

Does that make sense? Try repeating this process to write an expression for [I-] in terms of b and x.
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Re: Rate law
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2014, 10:21:21 AM »
rate = k [S2082-]^x [I-]^y

Ok good.

your exponents x and y are determined experimentally and are given in the document you linked to. They are both 1.

So: rate = d[I2]/dt = k[S2O82-][I-]

In this question, we let [I2] = x

dx/dt = k[S2O82-][I-]

At the beginning of the reaction (t = 0), the concentration of S2O82-, or [S2O82-]0 = a

At the beginning of the reaction (t = 0), the concentration of I-, or [I-]0 = b

The concentration of S2O82- at any given time, [S2O82-], is  (what you started with) - (what has reacted). (What has reacted) is proportional to (what has formed). We know that (what you started with) = a, and (what has formed) = x

Now look at the relationship between (what has reacted) and x. One persulfate reacts to give one iodine.

1(what has reacted) = 1x
(what has reacted) = x

So we can say that [S2O82-] = (what you started with) - (what has reacted)
                                          = a - x

Does that make sense? Try repeating this process to write an expression for [I-] in terms of b and x.

So for iodide ions, at the start of the reaction there is b, and the two moles of iodide ions react, giving -2x. So it can be rewritten as (b-2x).


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Re: Rate law
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2014, 10:23:12 AM »
So for iodide ions, at the start of the reaction there is b, and the two moles of iodide ions react, giving -2x. So it can be rewritten as (b-2x). What is the reason for putting k2 instead of k, no reason at all?

Excuse the double comment, I was trying to modify the previous one.

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2014, 10:28:24 AM »
So for iodide ions, at the start of the reaction there is b, and the two moles of iodide ions react, giving -2x. So it can be rewritten as (b-2x).

Yes. (iodide reacted) = 2(iodine formed) = 2x

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What is the reason for putting k2 instead of k, no reason at all?

I think it's been given a 2 just because the reaction is second order. It's just a label.
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Re: Rate law
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2014, 10:33:00 AM »
You have been of great help Dan, thank you for your time :)

Since it is pseudo first order, (b-2x) can just be written as (b) because it is in great excess. Then it is simply integrated.

This leads me to one last question. I think it is best to give an example:

- { d[H2]  / dt  }
 - { d[H2]  / dt  } = k[H2],
d[H2] / [H2] = -kdt
In[H2] – In[H2]0 = -kt

Why is it that doing this with first-order reactions gives a log, but for zero and 2nd orders it would be [H2] = -kt + [H2]0  and [H2]-1 = kt + [A]0-1 respectively?

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2014, 10:35:33 AM »
You have been of great help Dan, thank you for your time :)

You're welcome.

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Since it is pseudo first order, (b-2x) can just be written as (b) because it is in great excess. Then it is simply integrated

Yes. If b is in great excess, then b >> 2x and we can say that b - 2x ≈ b
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Re: Rate law
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2014, 10:36:49 AM »
Last message I modified. Sorry :)

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Re: Rate law
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2014, 10:45:35 AM »
I understand that integratingx^-1 is the same as the log of x but why is the base of the log e?

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