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(a) If we begin with an initial SO 2 Cl 2 pressure of 325 torr, what is the pres

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(a) If we begin with an initial SO2Cl2 pressure of 325 torr, what is the pressure of this substance after 74 s?
_________ torr
(b) At what time will the pressure of SO2Cl2 decline to one fourth its initial value?
______ s

By what factor will the pressure of sulfuryl chloride decrease after 4 half lives? Note: The answer wants this value: (325 torr)/value = final pressure after decay ________
value

The decomposition of sulfuryl chloride (SO2Cl2) is a first-order process. The rate constant for the decomposition at 660 K is 4.5 x 10^-2 s^-1 (a) If we begin with an initial SO2Cl2 pressure of 325 torr, what is the pressure of this substance after 74 s? _________ torr (b) At what time will the pressure of SO2Cl2 decline to one fourth its initial value? ______ s By what factor will the pressure of sulfuryl chloride decrease after 4 half lives? Note: The answer wants this value: (325 torr)/value = final pressure after decay ________ value

Explanation / Answer

  PART-1

Integrated 1st order equation:

ln(p) = ln(po) - kt,

ln(p) = ln(325 torr) - (0.045 /s) (74 s);

ln(p)=2.4538

, p = 11.6327 torr.

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PART-2

one fourth its initial value= 81.25torr

ln(81.25 torr) = ln(325 torr) - (0.045 /s) t;

0.045*t = ln(325)-ln(81.25)

0.045t=1.3862

t=30.80 sec

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The time to arrive at one sixteenth (1/16) of the the initial pressure it is four half lives

==>325/16 = 20.3125torr