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Reaction Kinetics
GATE 2015
Medium
For which reaction order is the half-life of the reactant exactly half of the full lifetime (time for 100% conversion)?
- Zero order
- BHalf order
- CFirst order
- DSecond order
Explanation
For zero order, t1/2=CA0/(2k) and t_full=CA0/k, so t1/2/t_full=0.5 exactly.
Source: GATE CH 2015 (2015)
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