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Differential v Integrated rate law
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:42 pm
by McKenna_4A
What is implied when we say that an integrated rate law depends on time? Could the differential not be written as a function of time?
Re: Differential v Integrated rate law
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:17 pm
by Sally Qiu 2E
i believe if you tried to write the differential rate law as a function of time, you would have to manipulate it into the integrated rate law. the differential rate law equation as is relates rate to concentration
Re: Differential v Integrated rate law
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:14 pm
by Diana Chavez-Carrillo 2L
The integrated rate law tells us how much reactant concentration changes over time. The differential rate law tells us the rate as a function of concentration. In other words, it is the overall reaction as a function of reactant concentration. The differential rate law can help us figure out the integrated rate law.
Re: Differential v Integrated rate law
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:47 pm
by Matt F
The integrated rate law is the differential rate law written as a function of time. In other words, rather than rate being a function of concentration, rate is a function of time. This can be seen with the graphs of zero order, first order, and second order reactions, in which [A], ln[A], and 1/[A] are plotted against time, giving linear slopes (values for k)