//Chapter 5: Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis //Problem: 8 clc; //Declaration of Variables T = 500 //in C Pi = 350 //in torr r1 = 1.07 //in torr / s r2 = 0.76 //in torr / s // Solution mprintf("1.07 = k(0.95a)^n\n") mprintf(" 0.76 = k(0.80a)^n\n") n = log(r1 / r2) / log(0.95 / 0.80) n=ceil(n) mprintf(" Hence, order of reaction is %d",n)