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1).When concentration of reactant for a 1st order reaction get doubled, rate increases by 4 . Find order of the said reaction?

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Rate = k[A][B] and Rate = k[A]2 are both second order reaction. In the first case, A and B are both first order and in the second, A is second order.

If a reactant is first order, then when its concentration is doubled, the rate of the reaction doubles; if the concentration is tripled, the rate triples, etc.
If a reactant is second order, then when its concentration is doubled, the rate of the reaction quadruples (22 = 4); if the concentration is tripled, the rate increases by a factor of 9 (32 = 9)
(If a reactant is third order, then when its concentration is doubled, the rate of reaction increases by a factor of 8 (23 = 8), etc.)

If a reactant is 0 order, then changing its concentration does not affect the rate of reaction.

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