Answer is: it takes 116,8 seconds to fall to one-sixteenth of its initial value
The half-life for the chemical reaction is 29,2 s and is
independent of initial concentration.
c₀
- initial concentration the reactant.
c - concentration of the reactant remaining at time.
t = 29,2 s.
First calculate the rate constant k:
k = 0,693 ÷ t = 0,693 ÷ 29,2 s = 0,0237 1/s.
ln(c/c₀) = -k·t₁.
ln(1/16 ÷ 1) = -0,0237 1/s ·
t₁.
t₁ = 116,8 s.
