Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    For the decomposition of a compound AB at 600 K, the following data were obtained
    \[[AB]\,\,mol\,\,d{{m}^{-3}}\] Rate of decomposition of\[AB\]in\[mol\,\,d{{m}^{-3}}\,\,{{s}^{-1}}\]
    0.20 \[2.75\times {{10}^{-8}}\]
    0.40 \[11.0\times {{10}^{-8}}\]
    0.60 \[24.75\times {{10}^{-8}}\]
    The order for the decomposition of AB is

    A)  1.5                                        

    B)  0

    C)  1                            

    D) 2

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[AB\xrightarrow{{}}\]Product                 Rate\[=k{{[AB]}^{n}}\] \[{{(Rate)}_{1}}=k{{[0.20]}^{n}}=2.75\times {{10}^{-8}}\]                              ... (i) \[{{(Rate)}_{2}}=k{{[0.40]}^{n}}=11.0\times {{10}^{-8}}\]                              ... (ii) Dividing Eq. (ii) by Eq. (i), \[\frac{{{(Rate)}_{2}}}{{{(Rate)}_{1}}}=\frac{k{{[0.40]}^{n}}}{k{{[0.20]}^{n}}}=\frac{11.0\times {{10}^{-8}}}{2.75\times {{10}^{-8}}}\]                 \[{{2}^{n}}=4\] or            \[{{2}^{n}}={{2}^{2}}\] Hence,  \[n=2\]


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