Regular flights of supersonic aircraft in the stratosphere are of concern because such aircraft produce nitric oxide, NO, as a byproduct in the exhaust of their engines. Nitric oxide reacts with ozone, and it has been suggested that this could contribute to depletion of the ozone layer. The reaction NO + O3 > NO2 + O2 is first order with respect to both NO and O3 with a rate constant of 2.20 x 10^7 L/mol/s.
(a) What is the instantaneous rate of disappearance of NO when [NO] = 3.3 x 10^−6 M and [O3] = 5.9 x 10^−7 M?