Answer:
2Ag + H2O -----> Ag2O + 2H
Explanation:
2Ag + H2O -----> Ag2O + 2H is the equation of the reaction between metal and steam. Silver reacts with water (steam) forming silver oxide and hydrogen gas. When the metals react with steam it produces the solid metal oxide and hydrogen gas. On the surface o metals, a protective layer of aluminium oxide is formed that keeps water away from the metal so we can say that silver oxide and hydrogen are formed from the reaction of silver metal and steam.
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