Benzoyl peroxide, the substance most widely used against acne, has a half-life of 9.8 103 days when refrigerated. How long will it take to lose 7% of it potency (93% remaining)?
Experiment shows the reaction 5 Br(aq) - + BrO3-(aq) + 6 H+(aq) 3 Br2(l) + 3 H2O(l) as it obeys this rate law: Rate = k[Br- ][BrO3- ][H+]2. What are the reaction orders in each reactant and the overall reaction order? (Separate reactant orders by a single comma, for example, 1,2 means that the first reactant has a order of 1 and the second reactant has a order of 2.)