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b) Type
A + B→products, (9.28)when the partial orders equal one and the reactants have unit stoichiometric coefficients;
c) Type
aA +bB→products, (9.29)
when the partial orders equal one and the reactants have general stoichiometric coefficients.
9.2.3.1 Type.
2 A→products. (9.30)9.2.3.2 Kinetic equation
−
dcA
dτ=kc^2 A. (9.31)9.2.3.3 Integrated forms of the kinetic equation
For time as a function of the reactant concentration we write
kτ=1
cA−
1
cA0. (9.32)
For the concentration of substance A as a function of time we write
cA=cA0
1 +cA0kτ. (9.33)
9.2.3.4 Reaction half-life
τ 1 / 2 =1
kcA0