Answer: a) The rate constant, k, for this reaction is
b) No does not depend on concentration.
Explanation:
Rate law says that rate of a reaction is directly proportional to the concentration of the reactants each raised to a stoichiometric coefficient determined experimentally called as order.
Given: Order with respect to = 1
Thus rate law is:
a)
k= rate constant
The rate constant, k, for this reaction is
b) Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:
where,
k = rate constant
t = age of sample
a = let initial amount of the reactant
a - x = amount left after decay process
Half life is the amount of time taken by a radioactive material to decay to half of its original value.
Thus does not depend on concentration.