Postby Doubleshadow » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:03 pm
Alright. The first problem is already in equilibrium so all you have to do is set up the equilibrium expression and plug in the molarities. The equilibrium expression is products over reactants where the molecules with a 2 as the coefficient are squared (the NO and NO2). So, square NO2, the divide it by O2 and NO squared.
Rate laws are set up by seeing how change in molarity effect the reaction. For Y, every time you increase the concentration, the rate increases proportionally. Double the concentration it goes twice as fast, triple it it goes three times as fast, so the Y is raised to the 1. For X when you doubled the concentration, the rate got 4 times as fast, so X is proportional to the square, meaning the exponent for X is a 2.
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