Types of Reaction Orders
Asked by Krishna Kumar · 1 year ago
What are the possible orders a reaction can have?
1 Answer
A reaction can have various orders:
- Zero-order: Rate is independent of reactant concentration
- First-order: Rate is proportional to the concentration of one reactant
- Second-order: Rate is proportional to the square of a reactant's concentration or the product of two reactants' concentrations
- Fractional order: Rate has a non-integer dependence on concentration
- Negative order: Rate decreases as concentration increases (rare)
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