Kinetics

Question 1

Orders are

Answer 1

the number of species in the rate determining step

Question 2

The rate of reaction is dependent on the

Answer 2

slowest step, the ‘rate determining step’

Question 3

rate=

Answer 3

k[A]^x[B]^y

Question 4

How do you know when a reaction mechanism consists of more than one step?

Answer 4

When not all of the reacting molecules appear in the rate equation

Question 5

units of rate constant?

Answer 5

mol^-(n-1)l(n-1)s^-1 (where n is the overall order of the reaction)