Answer: half life
Explanation: Radioactive decay follows first order kinetics and the time required for the decay of a radioactive material is calculated as follows:
t= time required
k= disintegration constant
x= amount of substance left after time t
a= initial amount of substance
when one half of the sample is decayed, one half of the sample remains and t can be represented as
at ,
Answer :
The time taken by the reaction is 19.2 seconds.
The order of reaction is, second order reaction.
Explanation :
The general formula to determine the unit of rate constant is:
Unit of rate constant Order of reaction
0
1
2
As the unit of rate constant is . So, the order of reaction is second order.
The expression used for second order kinetics is:
where,
k = rate constant =
t = time = ?
= final concentration = 0.97 M
= initial concentration = 2.48 M
Now put all the given values in the above expression, we get:
Therefore, the time taken by the reaction is 19.2 seconds.