Reactions of diatomic molecules. IV. Kinetics of formation of bromine chloride
Reactions of diatomic molecules. IV. Kinetics of formation of bromine chloride
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双原子分子的反应。
DOI:
10.1021/j100865a073
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发表时间:
1967
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通讯作者:
R. M. Noyes
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作者:
P. R. Walton;R. M. Noyes
Results Since bromine absorbs much more strongly than chlorine at wavelengths of analytical interest, the ab-sorbance change during a run was greatest when chlorine was the species in excess, and most runs were made for this condition. An extensive series of such runs at 75.6 supported the hypothesis that the rate was indeed first order in each reactant, and the same rate constant was computed for one run in which bromine was in twofold excess over chlorine. For a series of runs at the same temperature in which chlorine and bromine were initially in equal (and stoichiometric) concentrations, the computed rate constants varied approximately inversely with initial concentration. Such behavior implies that the over-all order is little more than 1 instead of the anticipated value of 2. At several different temperatures, the rate constant for a solution 0.06 M in chlorine and 0.005 M in bromine was over twice that for a solution 0.04 M in each halogen. We are unable to explain these kinetic anomalies or to derive a rate expression consistent with all of the observations. The runs in which one reactant was in excess definitely support the kinetics anticipated for a bimolecular mechanism, and the alternative atomic chain mechanism is at least as unsatisfactory with re-gard to kinetic consistency and is also untenable for reasons discussed below. The reported rate constants are therefore restricted to runs at unequal reactant concentrations.