The thermal decomposition of phosphine PH3 into phosphorus and molecular hydrogen is a first-order reaction: →4PH3g + P4g 6H2g The half-life of the reaction is 29.7s at 680°C Calculate the first-order rate constant for the reaction. Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. Calculate the time required for 76.0percent of the phosphine to decompose. Be sure your answer ha the correct number of significant digits.

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The thermal decomposition of phosphine
PH3
into phosphorus and molecular hydrogen is a first-order reaction:
→4PH3g + P4g 6H2g
The half-life of the reaction is
29.7s
at
680°C
Calculate the first-order rate constant for the reaction. Be sure your answer has the correct number
of significant digits.
Calculate the time required for 76.0percent of the phosphine to decompose. Be sure your answer has
the correct number of significant digits.
1
0
Transcribed Image Text:The thermal decomposition of phosphine PH3 into phosphorus and molecular hydrogen is a first-order reaction: →4PH3g + P4g 6H2g The half-life of the reaction is 29.7s at 680°C Calculate the first-order rate constant for the reaction. Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. Calculate the time required for 76.0percent of the phosphine to decompose. Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. 1 0
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