Chemical equilibrium is reach when the concentrations of the product and reactants will no longer change with time. this does not mean that there is no change in concentration, only the net change is zero. the forward rate of reaction is now equal to backward rate of reaction.
The substance has a higher density than water
<span>7.39 ml
For this problem, simply divide the mass of mercury you have by it's density.
100 g / 13.54 g/ml = 7.3855 ml
Since we only have 3 significant digits in 100., you need to round the result to 3 significant digits. So
7.3855 ml = 7.39 ml</span>
Rate law for the given 2nd order reaction is:
Rate = k[a]2
Given data:
rate constant k = 0.150 m-1s-1
initial concentration, [a] = 0.250 M
reaction time, t = 5.00 min = 5.00 min * 60 s/s = 300 s
To determine:
Concentration at time t = 300 s i.e. ![[a]_{t}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ba%5D_%7Bt%7D)
Calculations:
The second order rate equation is:
![1/[a]_{t} = kt +1/[a]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=1%2F%5Ba%5D_%7Bt%7D%20%3D%20kt%20%2B1%2F%5Ba%5D)
substituting for k,t and [a] we get:
1/[a]t = 0.150 M-1s-1 * 300 s + 1/[0.250]M
1/[a]t = 49 M-1
[a]t = 1/49 M-1 = 0.0204 M
Hence the concentration of 'a' after t = 5min is 0.020 M