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Question
Assertion (A): The half-life of a reaction is the time in which the concentration of the reactant is reduced to one-half of its initial concentration.
Reason (R): In first-order kinetics, when the concentration of reactant is doubled, its half-life is doubled.
Options
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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Solution
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
Explanation:
The half-life of a first-order reaction is independent of the initial concentration.
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