joonkimdds Senior Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jun 30, 2005 Messages 2,780 Reaction score 2 Points 4,571 Pre-Dental Feb 15, 2010 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad 2A + B --> C if both A and B are 2nd order, what's the correct way to write a rate equation? is it rate = k[A]^2^2 and total of 4th order? or does the coefficient in front of A matter?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad 2A + B --> C if both A and B are 2nd order, what's the correct way to write a rate equation? is it rate = k[A]^2^2 and total of 4th order? or does the coefficient in front of A matter?
U UndergradGuy7 Full Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jun 24, 2007 Messages 897 Reaction score 2 Points 4,571 Pre-Dental Feb 15, 2010 #2 Coefficient does not matter for that rate law. You wrote it right. Do not mix these up with equilibrium equations where the 2 would matter. Upvote 0 Downvote
Coefficient does not matter for that rate law. You wrote it right. Do not mix these up with equilibrium equations where the 2 would matter.