If the half life of a first order reaction is 6.93 minutes then the time required for completion of 99% of the reaction will be minutes. (Given : log 2 = 0.3010)
Chemical Kinetics
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Time required for 99.9\% completion of a first order reaction is times the time required for completion of 90\% reaction.(nearest integer)
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The half-life of radioisotope bromine - 82 is 36 hours. The fraction which remains after one day is 10-2. (Given antilog 0.2006 = 1.587)
Time required for completion of 99.9% of a First order reaction is times of half life (t1/2) of the reaction.