slow step

[dtolentino1E]

how can you tell which step in a rxn is the rate-determining step/slow step? i get it by looking at a graph or something, but what if you only have the rxn in front of you?

[Baoying Li 1B]

I think the problem will indicate that which reaction is the slow step.

[Rory Simpson 2F]

If you are given the experimentally determined rate law or something like that, you can find an intermediate step that matches that rate law, making that the slowest step.

[Ritu Gaikwad 2E]

For the slow step the actual reaction that determines which step is the slow step is the intermediate reaction right before the slow step.

[kristi le 2F]

The molecule involved in the slow step is what determines the rate generally.