Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of N2O5
Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of N2O5
The decomposition of N2O5 is shown as-2N2O5 → 4NO2 + O2
It involves two molecules of N2O5 and therefore, can not follow 1st order kinetics. The possible mechanism is given below-
NO3 and NO are unstable intermediates. Using steady state approximation we have-
Putting the value of [NO3] and [NO] in the above equation we get-
Where K' = 2K1K3/(K2 + K3)
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