DP Chemistry (first assessment 2025)
Question 20N.1A.HL.TZ0.20
Date | November 2020 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 20N.1A.HL.TZ0.20 |
Level | HL | Paper | 1A | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Deduce | Question number | 20 | Adapted from | N/A |
20.
[Maximum mark: 1]
20N.1A.HL.TZ0.20
What are the units of the rate constant, , if the rate equation is ?
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Markscheme
C
Examiners report
Nearly three quarters of candidates could identify the units of a rate constant for a 3rd order reaction.
Syllabus sections
Reactivity 2. How much, how fast and how far? » Reactivity 2.2—How fast? The rate of chemical change » Reactivity 2.2.11—The rate constant, k, is temperature dependent and its units are determined from the overall order of the reaction. Solve problems involving the rate equation, including the units of k.