 Chemical kinetics

 Rate
 Unit of rate
 Stoichiometry and rate
 Average and instantaneous rate
 Rate law , rate constant
 Order
Difference between rate and rate constant
Units of rate constant
Order and molecularity
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Unit of
rate constant, k Rate=k[A]x

k = RATE X 1 X= 0, 1,2
[A]x

n mol (1-n) L (n-1) s-1

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Rate=k[A]x
unimolecular
The total number of reactant species that
are involved in an elementary step is called
molecularity of that particular step.
• Each and every single step in a reaction
mechanism is called an elementary reaction.
• An elementary step is characterized by its
molecularity.
• The total number of reactant species that are
involved in an elementary step is called
molecularity of that particular step.