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Why molecularity is applicable only for elementary reactions and order is applicable for elementary as well as complex reactions?

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A complex reaction proceeds through several elementary reactions. Numbers of molecules involved in each elementary reaction may be different i.e., the molecularity of each step may be different. Therefore, discussion of molecularity of overall complex reaction is meaningless. On the other hand, order of a complex reaction is determined by the slowest step in its mechanism and is not meaningless even in the case of complex reactions.

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पाठ 4: Chemical Kinetics - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५६]

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एनसीईआरटी एक्झांप्लर Chemistry [English] Class 12
पाठ 4 Chemical Kinetics
Exercises | Q III. 51. | पृष्ठ ५६

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संबंधित प्रश्‍न

In a first order reaction x → y, 40% of the given sample of compound remains unreacted in 45 minutes. Calculate rate constant of the reaction.


For the first order thermal decomposition reaction, the following data were obtained:

Time / sec               Totalpressure / atm

0                              0.30

300                          0.50

Calculate the rate constant

(Given: log 2 = 0.301, log3 = 0.4771, log 4 = 0.6021)


Write two factors that affect the rate of reaction.


The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO2Cl2 at a constant volume :

SO2Cl2 (g) → SO2 (g) + Cl2 (g)

Experiment Time/s–1 Total pressure/atm
1 0 0.4
2 100 0.7

Calculate the rate constant.

(Given : log 4 = 0.6021, log 2 = 0.3010)


Consider a first order gas phase decomposition reaction given below :
\[\ce{A(g) -> B(g) + C(g)}\]
The initial pressure of the system before decomposition of A was pi. After lapse of time ‘t’, total pressure of the system increased by x units and became ‘pt’ The rate constant k for the reaction is given as ______.


Assertion: Rate constants determined from Arrhenius equation are fairly accurate for simple as well as complex molecules.

Reason: Reactant molecules undergo chemical change irrespective of their orientation during collision.


The rate constant for the reaction \[\ce{2H2O5 -> 4NO2 + O2}\] is 30 × 10–5 sec–1. if the rate is 204 × 10–5 mol L1 S1, then the concentration of N2O5 (in mol1) is-


For a first order A → B, the reaction rate at reactant concentration of 0.01 m is found to be 2.0 × 10–5. The half-life period of reaction.


Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

The rate of reaction is concerned with decrease in the concentration of reactants or increase in the concentration of products per unit of time. It can be expressed as instantaneous rate at a particular instant of time and average rate over a large interval of time. A number of factors such as temperature, concentration of reactants, catalyst affect the rate of reaction. Mathematical representation of rate of a reaction is given by rate law:

Rate = k[A]x [B]y

x and y indicate how sensitive the rate is to change in concentration of A and B. Sum of x + y gives the overall order of a reaction.
When a sequence of elementary reactions gives us the products, the reaction is called complex reaction. Molecularity and order of an elementary reaction are same. Zero-order reactions are relatively uncommon but they occur under special conditions. All natural and artificial radioactive decay of unstable nuclei takes place by first-order kinetics.

  1. What is the effect of temperature on the rate constant of a reason?    [1]
  2. For a reaction \[\ce{A + B → Product}\], the rate law is given by, Rate = k[A]2 [B]1/2. What is the order of the reaction?    [1]
  3. How order and molecularity are different for complex reactions?    [1]
  4. A first-order reaction has a rate constant 2 × 10–3 s–1. How long will 6 g of this reactant take to reduce to 2 g?    [2]
    OR
    The half-life for radioactive decay of 14C is 6930 years. An archaeological artifact containing wood had only 75% of the 14C found in a living tree. Find the age of the sample.
    [log 4 = 0.6021, log 3 = 0.4771, log 2 = 0.3010, log 10 = 1]    [2]

Assertion (A): Order of reaction is applicable to elementary as well as complex reactions.

Reason (R): For a complex reaction, molecularity has no meaning.


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