Question

Sulfuryl chloride, SO2Cl2(g), decomposes at high temperature to form SO2(g) and Cl2(g). The rate constant at a certain temperature is 4.68 × 10-5 s-1. What is the order of the reaction?

Answer 1

Answer: The order of the reaction is 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Rate law says that rate of a reaction is directly proportional to the concentration of the reactants each raised to a stoichiometric coefficient determined experimentally called as order.

`Rate=k[SO_2Cl_2]^n`

k= rate constant

n = order of reaction = ?

As rate is concentration per unit time , thus rate has units of
`mol/Ls=M/s=Ms^(-1)`

`Ms^(-1)=s^(-1)* [M]^n`

`n=1`

Thus the order of the reaction is 1