The rate of reaction $2 \mathrm{~N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5 \longrightarrow 4 \mathrm{NO}_2+\mathrm{O}_2$ can be…

The rate of reaction $2 \mathrm{~N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5 \longrightarrow 4 \mathrm{NO}_2+\mathrm{O}_2$ can be written in three ways $\begin{aligned} \frac{-d\left[\mathrm{~N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right]}{d t} & =k\left[\mathrm{~N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right] \\ \frac{d\left[\mathrm{NO}_2\right]}{d t} & =k^{\prime}\left[\mathrm{N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right] \\ \frac{d\left[\mathrm{O}_2\right]}{d t} & =k^{\prime \prime}\left[\mathrm{N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right] \end{aligned}$ The relationship between $k$ and $k^{\prime}$ and between $k$ and $k^{\prime \prime}$ are
  1. $k^{\prime}=2 k ; k^{\prime}=k$
  2. $k^{\prime}=2 k ; k^{\prime \prime}=k / 2$
  3. $k^{\prime}=2 k ; k^{\prime \prime}=2 k$
  4. $k^{\prime}=k ; k^{\prime \prime}=k$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \text { Rate }=-\frac{1}{2} \frac{d\left[\mathrm{~N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right]}{d t}=\frac{1}{4} \frac{d\left[\mathrm{NO}_2\right]}{d t}=\frac{d\left[\mathrm{O}_2\right]}{d t} \\ & \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} k\left[\mathrm{~N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right]=\frac{1}{4} k^{\prime}\left[\mathrm{N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right]=k^{\prime \prime}\left[\mathrm{N}_2 \mathrm{O}_5\right] \end{aligned}$ $\begin{array}{llrl} \Rightarrow & \frac{k}{2} & =\frac{k^{\prime}}{4}=k^{\prime \prime} \\ & \therefore & k^{\prime} & =2 k ; k^{\prime \prime}=\frac{k}{2} \end{array}$

Asked in: NEET 2011 (Mains)

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