Calcualte the rate at each time interval & average rate for the reaction.
2H2O(g) ↔ 2H2(g) + O2(g)
The concentration of water was measured at various times and the following data was obtained:
|
Time (s)
|
[H2O] (mol/L)
|
|
0.0
|
0.0500
|
|
2.0
|
0.0448
|
|
6.0
|
0.0300
|
|
8.0
|
0.0249
|
|
10.0
|
0.0209
|
|
20.0
|
0.0088
|
Compute the rate of each time interval, and then calculate the average rate for the reaction in terms of [H2O].