Chapter 13, Problem 13.102QP

Chlorine oxide (ClO), which plays an important role in the depletion of ozone (see Problem 13.101), decays rapidly at room temperature according to the equation

$2\text{ClO}(g)\stackrel{}{\to }{\text{Cl}}_2(g)+{\text{O}}_2(g)$

From the following data, determine the reaction order and calculate the rate constant of the reaction.

Times (s)	[ClO] (M)
0.12 × 10−3	8.49 × 10−6
0.96 × 10−3	7.10 × 10−6
2.24 × 10−3	5.79 × 10−6
3.20 × 10−3	5.20 × 10−6
4.00 × 10−3	4.77 × 10−6