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Offline Violet89

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Rate Change
« on: February 14, 2013, 12:16:31 AM »
Consider the reaction with the rate law, Rate = k[BrO3-][Br-][H+]2

By what factor does the rate change if the concentration of H+ is decreased by a factor of 3? Just put in the number as a whole number or fraction.

Would it be 2/3?

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Re: Rate Change
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2013, 02:19:27 AM »
Have a think about this one, the rate law tells us that the rate of reaction is proportional to the concentration of H+ squared.
That is, rate ∝ [H+]2. If the concentration of H+ was initially 1 unit, the rate is proportional to 1 squared. Changing the concentration to 3 units would increase the rate by 3 squared and so on. It is exactly the same case for a decrease in concentration.

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Re: Rate Change
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2013, 08:18:55 PM »
Have a think about this one, the rate law tells us that the rate of reaction is proportional to the concentration of H+ squared.
That is, rate ∝ [H+]2. If the concentration of H+ was initially 1 unit, the rate is proportional to 1 squared. Changing the concentration to 3 units would increase the rate by 3 squared and so on. It is exactly the same case for a decrease in concentration.

So it this [1/3H+]2?

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Re: Rate Change
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2013, 04:07:43 AM »
[tex]R_1=k\times(...)\times[H^+]^2[/tex]

[tex]R_2=k\times(...)\times(\frac{[H^+]}{3})^2[/tex]

[tex]\frac {R_1} {R_2} = ...[/tex]
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