3K + AlCl3 --------> 3 KCl + Al
element compound compound element
This is single replacement (displacement) reaction.
In order to become a scientific theory the three
categories that it must pass are the following:
1) Can the phenomena be recreated in a laboratory setting?
2) Can variables be changed, yet still result in like observations?
3) Is the phenomena truly natural or was it the result of a man-made force
enacting upon it?
The question is incomplete, here is the complete question:
At elevated temperature, nitrogen dioxide decomposes to nitrogen oxide and oxygen gas

The reaction is second order for
with a rate constant of
at 300°C. If the initial [NO₂] is 0.260 M, it will take ________ s for the concentration to drop to 0.150 M
a) 1.01 b) 5.19 c) 0.299 d) 0.0880 e) 3.34
<u>Answer:</u> The time taken is 5.19 seconds
<u>Explanation:</u>
The integrated rate law equation for second order reaction follows:
![k=\frac{1}{t}\left (\frac{1}{[A]}-\frac{1}{[A]_o}\right)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=k%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7Bt%7D%5Cleft%20%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5BA%5D%7D-%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5BA%5D_o%7D%5Cright%29)
where,
k = rate constant = 
t = time taken = ?
[A] = concentration of substance after time 't' = 0.150 M
= Initial concentration = 0.260 M
Putting values in above equation, we get:

Hence, the time taken is 5.19 seconds
The mass of an atom and the equivalent of to the number of protons and neutrons in the atom