Question

A student is studying the kinetics of a reaction between hydrogen and iodine gases. They measure the initial rate of the reaction to be 0.025 mol L^-1 s^-1 at a particular temperature. They want to calculate the rate constant for this reaction using this information. What is the rate constant of this reaction at this temperature?

Answer 1

To calculate the rate constant of the reaction, we need to know the order of the reaction and the initial concentrations of hydrogen and iodine gases. The general rate law for a reaction is:Rate = k [A]^m [B]^nwhere Rate is the initial rate of the reaction, k is the rate constant, [A] and [B] are the initial concentrations of the reactants, and m and n are the orders of the reaction with respect to each reactant.Please provide the order of the reaction and the initial concentrations of hydrogen and iodine gases.