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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the gas-phase reaction: H2(g) + 12(g) → 2 HI(g)
The reaction was experimentally determined to be first order in H₂ and first order in 12. Consider the
proposed mechanisms.
Mechanism 1:
H2(g) + 2(g) 2 HI(g)
single step
k₁
Mechanism 2: 12(g) k_1
21(g)
fast
H2 212 HI(g)
slow
K2
*Draw energy diagrams for the mechanisms shown:
Show that both of the proposed mechanisms are valid.
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