Essays Tagged: "Rate equation"
Rate Law and Mechanisms
Many reactions occur over a number of steps. The slowest of these steps determines the rate of the reaction and is called the "rate determining step".A. Rate Expression (or Rate Law)For a ... given reaction:aA + bB cC + dD (where a, b, c & d are the stoichiometricnumber - for balancing)Rate = k [A]x [B]y (x & y have nothing to do with a, b, c or d)(k is called the "rate constant") ... ant"){using square brackets around a substance, [A], means the concentration of "A" in mol dm-3}The rate is always the initial rate and is found by monitoring the concentration of one of the species. ...
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