You Are Studying the Rate of the Reaction 2A

Essay

You are studying the rate of the reaction 2A  B and have obtained measurements of the concentration of A at times t = 100, 200, 300, ......, 1000 seconds from the start of the reaction. Carefully describe how you would plot a graph and use it to
a. prove that the reaction is second-order with respect to A.
b. determine the second-order rate constant k.