MCQ 14 Marks
Half life of zero order reaction $A \rightarrow$ product is 1 hour, when initial concentration of reaction is $2.0$ $mol$ $L ^{-1}$. The time required to decrease concentration of A from $0.50$ to $0.25$ $mol$ $L ^{-1}$ is:
- A0.5 hour
- B4 hour
- ✓15 min
- D60 min
Answer
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15 min
(C) 15 min
For zero order reaction
$\text {Half life}=\frac{A_0}{2 k} $
$60 \min =\frac{2}{2 k} $
$k=\frac{1}{60} M / min$
Now
$A _{ t }= A _{ o }- kt $
$t =\frac{ A _{ o }- A _{ t }}{ k }$
$=\frac{0.5-0.25}{1 / 60} $
$0.25 \times 60 $
$t =15$ $min$
For zero order reaction
$\text {Half life}=\frac{A_0}{2 k} $
$60 \min =\frac{2}{2 k} $
$k=\frac{1}{60} M / min$
Now
$A _{ t }= A _{ o }- kt $
$t =\frac{ A _{ o }- A _{ t }}{ k }$
$=\frac{0.5-0.25}{1 / 60} $
$0.25 \times 60 $
$t =15$ $min$



















