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Compare the half-life equations for a first-order and a second-order reaction. For which reaction order is the value of the half-life independent of the reactant concentration?
The half-life equation for a first-order reaction is t1/2 =
For a second-order reaction, the half-life equation is t1/2 =
The half-life for the reaction is
The half-life for the reaction is
✓and it
✓and it
✓on the reactant concentration.
on the initial reactant concentration.

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Step 1: Order of a reaction and half-life of a reaction

The order of a reaction is a quantity that has to be determined experimentally. It is very important for the determination of the relationship between the concentration of a chemical species and the reaction rate. It is the sum of the exponents of the concentration terms in a rate law. From the order of a chemical species, we can understand how a reaction's rate is affected by the concentration of a chemical species.

Half-life is the time required by a chemical species to reduce its concentration to half of its value at the beginning. The half-life of a reaction depends on the order of the reaction. The half-life of a reaction can be derived from the rate law expression of a reaction.

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