Consider the reaction:
\[ A \rightarrow B + C \]
Initial pressures:
\[ P_i \quad 0 \quad 0 \]
After reaction:
\[ P_i - x \quad x \quad x \]
Total pressure at time \(t\):
\[ P_t = P_i + x \]
Therefore:
\[ P_i - x = P_i - P_t + P_i \] \[ = 2P_i - P_t \]
Hence,
\[ k = \frac{2.303}{t}\times \log \frac{P_i}{2P_i - P_t} \]
Initial concentration of [𝐴] 𝑚𝑜𝑙 $𝐿 ^{−1}$ | Initial concentration of [𝐵] 𝑚𝑜𝑙$𝐿 ^{−1}$ | Initial rate of formation of [𝐶] 𝑚𝑜𝑙 $𝐿^{−1} 𝑠 ^{−1}$ |
0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 |