Chemical Kinetics And Nuclear Chemistry

Consider an elementary reaction

\(\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{~g})+\mathrm{B}(\mathrm{~g}) \rightarrow \mathrm{C}(\mathrm{~g})+\mathrm{D}(\mathrm{~g})\)

If the volume of reaction mixture is suddenly reduced to $\frac{1}{3}$ of its initial volume, the reaction rate will become ' $x^{\prime}$ times of the original reaction rate. The value of $x$ is :