Summary:
- A first-order reaction is a reaction in which the rate is proportional to the concentration of only one reactant.
- The rate of a reaction is determined graphically by the slope of a tangent to the curve at any point.
- The rates of some reactions depend on the concentrations of more than one reactants.
- A reaction is said to be first order with respect to and second order withrespect to .
- Overall, it is a second- order reaction.
- TheRate law and the order of a Reaction must be determined experimentally.