## Determining Order

$aR \to bP, Rate = -\frac{1}{a} \frac{d[R]}{dt} = \frac{1}{b}\frac{d[P]}{dt}$

Viviana Velasquez
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### Determining Order

How do you determine order of a reaction?

Tai Metzger 3K
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### Re: Determining Order

let's say: rate = [A]^m * [B]^n

the order of reaction = m + n

I hope this helps!

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### Re: Determining Order

^^ like they said, and how you determine the m and n is the coefficients of the reactants in the overall reaction

Maya Pakulski 1D
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### Re: Determining Order

What is meant by the order of a reaction?

Katie Bart 1I
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### Re: Determining Order

Can the order keep increasing? Or do they stop at two?

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### Re: Determining Order

Katie Bart 1I wrote:Can the order keep increasing? Or do they stop at two?

Order can be higher than two, but they become less common the higher order you go. It is harder for three molecules to collide than for two molecules to collide. The same goes for higher orders.

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### Re: Determining Order

Tai Metzger 3K wrote:let's say: rate = [A]^m * [B]^n

the order of reaction = m + n

I hope this helps!

thank you, I was confused as well!!