Given the rate of a hypothetical reaction, 2A + 3B -- A2B3
(a) Express the rate of appearance of A2B3
(b) Express the rate of disappearance of B & A

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Given the rate of a hypothetical reaction, 2A + 3B --> A2B3
(a) Express the rate of appearance of A2B3
(b) Express the rate of disappearance of B & A

australopithecus · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_reaction

australopithecus · Answer

So b) would be zero order
a) it could be be second or first order, I would say second order though

australopithecus · Answer

First order is only one of the reactants dictates the rate of a reaction, this is normally the case when a reactant has to go under some intramolecular change or dissociation

australopithecus · Answer

You can read up on these things in the wikipedia page though