Question #a5353
1 Answer
Dec 6, 2015
Explanation:
(a)
This is a 1st order reaction so:
We can integrate this rate law (I won't go into the maths here) to give:
Taking natural logs of both sides
Now we put in the values:
(note we must convert "min" to "s" so x t by 60)
(b)
To get the 1/2 life we use:
Again, I won't go into the derivation of this.