Chapter 3 Example

Relative Rates of Reaction

The Reaction:

is carried out in a reactor. If at a particular point, the rate of disappearance of A is 10 mol/dm³/s, what are the rates of B and C?

Solution

The Reaction:

is carried out in a reactor. If at a particular point, the rate of disappearance of A is 10 mol/dm³/s, what are the rates of B and C?

The rate of disappearance of A, -r_a, is

or the rate of formation of species A is

The relative rates are

The rate of formation of species B is

The rate of disappearance of B, -r_b,is

The rate of fomration of C, -r_c, is

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