Asian Journal of Research In Chemistry
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 5

Chemiluminescence: A tool to determine the rate constant and order of chemical reactions

  • Author:
  • V.K. Jain
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 495 to 497

Department of Chemistry, Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Dharsiwa, Raipur (C.G.)

*Corresponding Author E-mail: vikaskumarjain1@rediffmail.com

Online published on 21 September, 2013.

Abstract

The chemiluminescence (CL) intensity in a given system is proportional to the concentration of reactants and the rate of elementary reaction. Measuring the CL-intensity, one can get rate constant and order of chemical reaction. The attenuation of the CL takes place by an exponential law for first order CL-reaction and consequently, the rate constant can be found from the slope of the lnI versus time curves.