A chemist hypothesizes that the decomposition of substance X is second order with…

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Problem

A chemist hypothesizes that the decomposition of substance X is second order with respect to X. Which of the following quantities, when plotted on the vertical axis versus time on the horizontal axis, would most strongly support that hypothesis if the resulting graph is linear? (a) ln⁡[X]\ln[\text{X}] (b) ln⁡ ⁣(1[X])\ln\!\left(\dfrac{1}{[\text{X}] }\right) (c) 1[X]\dfrac{1}{[\text{X}]} (d) [X]2[\text{X}]^{2}

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