Sucrose (C12H22O11), which is usually known as table sugar, reacts in dilute acid solutions to form two simpler sugars, glucose and fructose, both of which have the formula C6H12O6, At 23 degress C as well as in 0.5 M HCl the following data were obtained for the disappearance of sucrose:
Time (min) [C12H22O11](M)
0 0.316
39 0.274
80 0.238
140 0.190
210 0.146
a) Explain is the reaction first order or second order with respect to [C12H22O11]?
b) Define what is the value of the rate constant?