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# Why rate of reaction in zero order is independent of concentration?

Grade:12th Pass

## 3 Answers

ankitesh gupta
63 Points
8 years ago

IN A ZERO ORDER REACTION

A............> PRODUCTS

RATE = K [ CONCENTRATION OF ''A'' ]0

FROM THE EQUARTION WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT FOR ANY CONCENTRATION OF A THE [ CONCENTRATION OF ''A'' ]0  WILL BECOME 1 SINCE THE POWER IS ZERO THATS WHY IT IS INDEPENDENT ON CONCENTRATION

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sanjay sanjeev patro
43 Points
8 years ago

A Zero-order reaction has a rate that is independent of the concentration of the reactant(s). Increasing the concentration of the reacting species will not speed up the rate of the reaction i.e. the amount of substance reacted is proportional to the time. Zero-order reactions are typically found when a material that is required for the reaction to proceed, such as a surface or a catalyst, is saturated by the reactants. The rate law for a zero-order reaction is

\ r = k

where r is the reaction rate and k is the reaction rate coefficient with units of concentration/time. If, and only if, this zeroth-order reaction 1) occurs in a closed system, 2) there is no net build-up of intermediates, and 3) there are no other reactions occurring, it can be shown by solving a mass balance equation for the system that:

r = -\frac{d[A]}{dt}=k

If this differential equation is integrated it gives an equation often called the integrated zero-order rate law.

\ [A]_t = -kt + [A]_0

where \ [A]_t represents the concentration of the chemical of interest at a particular time, and \ [A]_0 represents the initial concentration.

A reaction is zero order if concentration data are plotted versus time and the result is a straight line. The slope of this resulting line is the negative of the zero order rate constant k.

The half-life of a reaction describes the time needed for half of the reactant to be depleted (same as the half-life involved in nuclear decay, which is a first-order reaction). For a zero-order reaction the half-life is given by

\ t_ \frac{1}{2} = \frac{[A]_0}{2k}

Example of a zero-order reaction

* Reversed Haber process: 2NH_3 (g) \rightarrow \; 3H_2 (g) + N_2 (g)

It should be noted that the order of a reaction cannot be deduced from the chemical equation of the reaction.

seethayya Barri
34 Points
8 years ago

where r is the reaction rate and k is the reaction rate coefficient with units of concentration/time. If, and only if, this zeroth-order reaction

1) occurs in a closed system,

2) there is no net build-up of intermediates, and

3) there are no other reactions occurring, it can be shown by solving a mass balance equation for the system that:

$r = -\frac{d[A]}{dt} = k$

A reaction is zero order if when concentration data is plotted versus time, the result is a straight line. The slope of this resulting line is the negative of the zero order rate constant k. The half-life of a reaction describes the time needed for half of the reactant to be depleted (same as the half-life involved in nuclear decay, which is a first-order reaction). For a zero-order reaction the half-life is given by:

$t_{\frac{1}{2}} = \frac{[A]_0}{2k}$, where [A]
0 represents the initial concentration and k is the zero order rate constant.

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