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What will be the order of reaction for a chemical change having the graph between \( \log \mathrm{t}_{1 / 2} \mathrm{vs} \log \) a as shown below? ( where, \( \mathrm{a}= \) initial concentration of reactant; \( \mathrm{t}_{1 / 2}= \) half \( - \) life )
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Options:
  • A zero order
  • B first order
  • C second order
  • D none of these
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The correct answer is: zero order

The general expression for the half-life of nth order reaction is as follows:

t1/2=k'·a1-n

Here, k' is not rate constant

Taking log on both sides,

log t1/2=log k'+(1-n) log a

The given graph is a straight line with slope 45°, thus the equation of the line will be:

log t1/2=log a + C

On comparing both the equations, 1-n=1n=0

Thus, the given graph represents a zero-order reaction.

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