1st order decay?


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FrankieClarke2C
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1st order decay?

Postby FrankieClarke2C » Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:09 am

Are all First Order Reactions decay functions
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Elle_Mendelson_2K
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Re: 1st order decay?

Postby Elle_Mendelson_2K » Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:11 am

Yes because you’re reactants are decreasing and slope is negative
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Matthew Tran 1H
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Re: 1st order decay?

Postby Matthew Tran 1H » Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:12 am

Yes. If you raise e to the power of both sides of the integrated rate law, you will get , which is exponential decay. Keep in mind that this is with respect to reactant.
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