Consider the following reaction

2 N2O(g)--2NO(g)+ O2(g); rate = K[N2O]
If the half life for the reaction is 0.910 s,what is the rate constant

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The half-life for a first-order reaction is given by the equation:

t1/2 = ln(2) / k

where t1/2 is the half-life and k is the rate constant.

Rearranging this equation gives:

k = ln(2) / t1/2

Substituting the given half-life of 0.910 s, we get:

k = ln(2) / 0.910 s ≈ 0.762 s^-1

Therefore, the rate constant for the reaction is approximately 0.762 s^-1.