What would be the specific mathematical effect on the reaction rate if you carried out the sodium iodide-in-acetone reactions on the alkyl halides using an iodide solution half as concentrated? ("Slower" or "faster" is not specific enough.)

Slower

Explanation:

The reaction between alkyl halides and sodium iodide-in-acetone is an SN2 reaction. The rate of reaction depends on the concentration of the alkyl halide as well as the concentration of the sodium iodide. It is a bimolecular reaction.

This means that if the concentration of any of the reactants is halved, the rate of reaction decreases accordingly.

Therefore, if the iodide solution is half as concentrated, the reaction is observed to be slower in accordance with the rate law;

Rate = k[alkyl halide] [iodide]

number of molecules / avogadro's number * molecule molecular = mass

explanation:

we define a gram-molecular weight as the mass of one mole of any element or compound. a mole contains avogadro's number of units (molecules) –  

6.022

x

10

23

. so, dividing the number of molecules by avogadro's number gives us the number of moles. multiplying that by the molecular weight gives us the mass. from the periodic table we find the gram-molecular weight of u to be238 and of f to be19. so,  

u

f

6

will have a gram-molecular weight of 352g.