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29 January, 15:32

The half-life of a pesticide determines its persistence in the environment. A common pesticide degrades in a first-order process with a rate constant of 6.5 1/hours. What is the half-life in hours of the breakdown reaction? Enter to 4 decimal places.

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  1. 29 January, 15:40
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    0.1066 hours

    Explanation:

    A common pesticide degrades in a first-order process with a rate constant (k) of 6.5 1/hours. We can calculate its half-life (t1/2), that is, the times that it takes for its concentration to be halved, using the following expression.

    t1/2 = ln2/k

    t1/2 = ln2/6.5 h⁻¹

    t1/2 = 0.1066 h

    The half-life of the pesticide is 0.1066 hours.
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