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Pure oxygen is being absorbed by xylene in a catalyzed reaction in the experimental appara...

Pure oxygen is being absorbed by xylene in a catalyzed reaction in the experimental apparatus sketched in Figure 1. Under constant conditions of temperature and liquid composition the following data were obtained:

Figure 1

Stirrer Speed (rpm)

Rate of Uptake of O2 (mL/h) fo r System Pressure (absolute)

1.2 atrn

1.6 atm

2.0 atm

3.0 atm

 

400

15

31

75

152

800

20

59

102

205

1200

21

62

105

208

1600

21

61

106

207

No gaseous products were formed by the chemical reaction. What would you conclude about the relative importance of liquid-phase diffusion and about the order of the kinetics of this reaction? (California Professional Engineers Exam)

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