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State whether the following is true or false.
Reaction order can be fractional or negative.

  • A.True
  • B.False
  • C.True only at large scales
  • D.False only at small scales

Answer: A

A chain reaction may show an order of one and a half, and a species that inhibits a reaction appears with a negative exponent. Both are perfectly ordinary results from fitting a rate law. Chain reactions often show half integer orders.

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