Which one of the following statements for the order of a reaction is incorrect?
- Order can be determined only experimentally.
- Order is not influenced by stoichiometric coefficient of the reactants.
- Order of a reaction is sum of power to the concentration terms of reactants to express the rate of reaction.
- Order of reaction is always whole number.
Answer
(4) Order of reaction is always whole number.
Solution
As per NCERT, order of a reaction is the sum of the powers of the concentration terms in the rate law; it is determined experimentally and need not be related to the stoichiometric coefficients.
As per NCERT, order of a reaction can be 0, 1, 2, 3 and even a fraction.
'Order of reaction is always whole number' is incorrect.
Answer: (4)