First order reaction
First order reaction:
The reaction in which the rate of the reaction depends on the concentration of one reacting species is called a first order reaction.
Example:
(1) Decomposition of nitrogen pentoxide in CCl⁴ solution
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N²O⁵ -CCl⁴-> 2NO² + --- O², rate = k[N²O⁵]
(2) Decomposition of ammonia nitrite in aqueous solution
NH⁴NO² ---> N² + 2H²O, rate = k[NH⁴NO²]
(3) Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of pt catalyst
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H²O² -Pt-> H²O + --- O², rate = k[H²O²]
(4) Hydrolysis of methyl acetate in aqueous solution
CH²COOCH³ + H²O --H+--> CH3OOH + CH³OH
(5) Inversion of Cane sugar
C¹²H²²O¹¹ + H²O --H+--> C⁶H¹²O⁶+H²O
Note: In the example 4 and 5, the concentration of H²O does not change as it's concentration is very high, i.e, 55.5mm