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Question
The decomposition of phosphine (PH3) on tungsten at low pressure is a first-order reaction. It is because the
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rate is proportional to the surface coverage
rate is inversely proportional to the surface coverage
rate is independent of the surface coverage
rate of decomposition is slow
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Solution
rate is independent of the surface coverage
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