Dinitrogen pentaoxide, N2O5, is the anhydride of n...
Dinitrogen pentaoxide, N2O5, is the anhydride of nitric acid. It is not very stable, and in the gas phase or in solution with a nonaqueous solvent it decomposes by a first-order reaction into N2O4and O2. The rate equation is
v=kc(N2O5)
At 45℃, the rate constant for the reaction in carbon tetrachloride is 6.22×10-4s-1. Ifthe initial concentration of the N2O5in the solution is 0.100mol·dm-3, how many minuteswill it take for the concentration to drop to 0.0100 mol·dm-3?