Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
ISBN 13: 978-0-32180-924-7

Chapter 13 - Sections 13.1-13.7 - Exercises - Review Questions - Page 637: 11

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We know that a half-life is actually the time required for the concentration of a reactant or the amount of a radioactive isotope to fall to one-half of its initial value. Now we write the expression for the half-life of a zero-order reaction $t_{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{[A]_0}{2k}$ The half-life of a first-order reaction is given as $t_{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\ln 2}{k}$ The half-life for a second order reaction is $t_{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{1}{k[A]_0}$
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