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Chemistry 2710 Review Problem for the March 3-5 Lectures: Solution

The rate constants tex2html_wrap_inline20 and tex2html_wrap_inline22 are much larger than tex2html_wrap_inline24 . The intermediate B should therefore be removed rapidly, which means that the steady-state approximation should be appropriate. You should be able to work out the following equation using the steady-state approximation:

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This means that, shortly after the establishment of the steady state, we should have tex2html_wrap_inline28 . The initial rate would be tex2html_wrap_inline30 . This rate is roughly equal to tex2html_wrap_inline32 . This means that tex2html_wrap_inline34 . We want no more than 1% of the A (0.004mol/L) to be converted to product. This means that tex2html_wrap_inline36 so that tex2html_wrap_inline38 (in round numbers).



Marc Roussel
Mon Mar 6 14:24:43 MST 2000