What are the units of the rate constant in a zero order reaction?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-28T00:06:53

Well, they are whatever the units of the rate are.

Your rate law was:

#r(t) = k[X]^0[Y]^0#

And the units of rate are usually #"M"/"s"#:

#"M/s" = (?)("M"^0)("M"^(0))#

All finite numbers raised to the #0# are #1#, so...

#(?) = "units of rate constant for zero order reaction"#

#=# #color(blue)ul"M/s"#