The second-order liquid-phase reaction
C6H5COCH2Br + C6H5N → C6H5COHCH2NC5H5Br
is carried out in a batch reactor at 35°C. The specific reaction-rate constant is 0.0445 dm³/mol/min. Reactor 1 is charged with 1000 dm³, where the concentration of each reactant after mixing is 2M.
a. What is the conversion after 10, 50, and 100 minutes? Now, consider the case when, after filling reactor 1, the drain at the bottom of reactor 1 is left open and it drains into reactor 2, mounted below it, at a volumetric rate of 10 dm³/min.

b. What will be the conversion and concentration of each species in reactor 1 after 10, 50, and 80 minutes in the reactor that is being drained?

c. What is the conversion and concentration of each species in reactor 2 that is filling up with the liquid from reactor 1 after 10 and after 50 minutes?

d. At the end of 50 minutes, the contents of the two reactors are added together. What is the overall conversion after mixing?

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