Chapter 12: Q12.10CYL (page 676)
The first-order radioactive decay of iodine-131 exhibits a rate constant of 0.138 \({{\bf{d}}^{{\bf{ - 1}}}}\). What is the half-life for this decay?
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The half-life for this decay is 5.02 d.
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Chapter 12: Q12.10CYL (page 676)
The first-order radioactive decay of iodine-131 exhibits a rate constant of 0.138 \({{\bf{d}}^{{\bf{ - 1}}}}\). What is the half-life for this decay?
The half-life for this decay is 5.02 d.
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The rate constant for the decomposition of acetaldehyde, \({\bf{C}}{{\bf{H}}_{\bf{3}}}{\bf{CHO}}\), to methane, \({\bf{C}}{{\bf{H}}_{\bf{4}}}\), and carbon monoxide, CO, in the gas phase is 1.1 × 10−2 L/mol/s at 703 K and 4.95 L/mol/s at 865 K. Determine the activation energy for this decomposition.
Determine which of the two diagrams here (both for the same reaction) involves a catalyst, and identify the activation energy for the catalyzed reaction:

For each of the following reaction diagrams, estimate the activation energy \(\left( {{E_a}} \right)\) of the reaction:

How will each of the following affect the rate of the reaction:
\({\bf{CO}}\left( {\bf{g}} \right){\bf{ + \;N}}{{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}\left( {\bf{g}} \right) \to {{\bf{O}}_{\bf{2}}}{\bf{\;}}\left( {\bf{g}} \right){\bf{ + NO}}\left( {\bf{g}} \right)\) if the rate law for the reaction is rate = \({\bf{k(NO}}{}_{\bf{2}}{\bf{)(CO)}}\)?
Does the following data fit a second-order rate law?
Trial | Time(s) | (A) (M) |
1 | 5 | 0.952 |
2 | 10 | 0.625 |
3 | 15 | 0.465 |
4 | 20 | 0.370 |
5 | 25 | 0.308 |
6 | 35 | 0.230 |
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