Consider the reaction: 2A + B → C, and a kinetics study on this reaction yielded: [A] mol/L [B] mol/L Rate = mol/L/s 0.100 0.200 5.03 × 10−3 0.050 0.200 1.27 × 10−3 0.050 0.100 1.25 × 10−3 What is the value of the rate constant?

Answer :  The value of the rate constant 'k' for this reaction is

Explanation :

Rate law is defined as the expression which expresses the rate of the reaction in terms of molar concentration of the reactants with each term raised to the power their stoichiometric coefficient of that reactant in the balanced chemical equation.

For the given chemical equation:

Rate law expression for the reaction:

where,

a = order with respect to A

b = order with respect to B

Expression for rate law for first observation:

....(1)

Expression for rate law for second observation:

....(2)

Expression for rate law for third observation:

....(3)

Dividing 1 by 2, we get:

Dividing 2 by 3, we get:

Thus, the rate law becomes:

Now, calculating the value of 'k' by using any expression.

Hence, the value of the rate constant 'k' for this reaction is

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.