Chemical Kinetics ASSIGNMENT NO-4.

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➢ Pseudo First Order Reaction

1. State a condition under which a bimolecular reaction is kinetically first order

reaction.
2. Give an example of pseudo first order reaction. Write rate equation for the same.
3. A reaction is second order with respect to a reactant A. How is rate of reaction
altered if the concentration of A is: (a) doubled (b) reduced to half ?
4. What are the units of rate constant of a Pseudo First Order Reaction?

5. For hydrolysis of methyl acetate in aqueous solution, the following results were
obtained:
t/s 0 30 60
-1
[CH3COOCH3]/mol L 0.60 0.30 0.15

a) Show that it follows first order reaction, as the concentration of water

remains constant. [0.0231 s-1]
b) Calculate the average rate of reaction between 30 to 60 seconds.
[0.15 mol l-1s-1]