Appeared in: 2026 (3 sets)
(A) The concentration of the reactant is reduced from $0.6 \text{ mol L}^{-1}$ to $0.2 \text{ mol L}^{-1}$ in $5$ minutes in a first order reaction. Calculate rate constant of the reaction. $(\log 3 = 0.48)$
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(B) Rate constant $k$ for the first order reaction is $2.54 \times 10^{-3} \text{ s}^{-1}$. Calculate the time required for three-fourth of the reactant to decompose.
$(\log 4 = 0.60)$