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Integrated Rate Laws: Working with Zero Order Reactions Experiments have shown the following reaction to be zero order with a rate constant = 2.50 10-1 M/sec. A → B + 2 C If you started with [A] = 2.600 M, how many minutes until the concentration of A = 2.300 M? .02 Correct: Your answer is correct. minutes How many minutes until the concentration of C reaches equals 0.899999999999999 M? 1.73 Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. minutes
For zero order reactions [A] = [A]o - kt
Where
[A]o = initial concentration = 2.600M
[A] = concentration ate time t = 2.300 M
k = rate constant = 2.50x10-1 M/sec
t = time taken = ?
Plug the values we get t = ([A]o - [A]) / k
= ( 2.600 - 2.300)M / (2.50x10-1 M/sec)
= 1.2 s x ( 1 min / 60 s)
= 0.02 min