Chemical reaction kinetics: Kinetics of multi-step reactions
Kinetics of multi-step reactions
We consider a reaction of the type \[\text{A }+2\,\text{B}\longrightarrow \text{AB}_2\] Suppose that this reaction proceeds via the following reaction mechanism: \[\begin{aligned}\text{A }+\text{B} &\longrightarrow \text{AB}\quad\,\text{ slow reaction}\\ \text{AB }+\text{B} &\longrightarrow \text{AB}_2\quad\text{very fast reaction}\end{aligned}\] Which formula can we use for the reaction rate \(r\) of the overall reaction (with rate constant \(k\))?
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