What would happen to the order of #A# if its concentration is increased to a very large amount for an initially first-order reaction?
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If nothing else is in the reaction, then nothing would occur, because
But...
...It also depends on what else is in the reaction. If the first-order reactant is
In that case, even for the reaction
#A + B -> C# ,with
#[B]# #">>"# #[A]# , the rate law would effectively be
#r(t) = k[A]^1[B]^n ~~ k[A]# ,#" "n ~~ 0# since
#B# basically not changing concentration is effectively zero order with respect to#B# .
This is what you would call pseudo-first-order with respect to
In this case, suppose you had
#[A] ">>" [B]# .
Then
So the order of