Calculating Conversion Rate/sec for X Particles

[sunipa.som]

I had x particle. After 5 second due to conversion it came down (x-4) particle. Now, how do i calculate conversion rate/sec?

 

[abluphoton]

you can't determine the conversion rate with just reading.. chances are there of going wrong, if its an exponential or depending upon the initial quantity. othrewise its normal way (-4 particle /second)

 

[HallsofIvy]

The best you can do is find the average rate of change over 5 seconds by dividing by 5 seconds: the net change was -4 particles in 5 seconds so the average rate of change is -4/5 particles per second.

If you have reason to think the rate of change is constant, then it is -4/5 particles per second.

(I think abluphoton miswrote and meant "-4 particles/ 5 seconds" which is -4/5 particles per second.)

 

[abluphoton]

correction i should have told [-4/5 particle per second]

 

[CellCoree]

To calculate the conversion rate per second, we first need to determine the change in the number of particles over time. In this case, the change in the number of particles is (x-4) - x = -4 particles.

Next, we need to divide this change by the time interval, which is 5 seconds. This gives us a conversion rate of -4 particles/5 seconds.

However, since the conversion rate is usually expressed as a positive value, we can take the absolute value of the change in particles (-4) and divide it by the time interval (5 seconds) to get a conversion rate of 0.8 particles/second.

Therefore, the conversion rate per second for this reaction is 0.8 particles/second. This means that for every second, 0.8 particles are being converted from x particles to (x-4) particles.