Worked Example
Experiments are carried out to investigate the kinetics (rate of reaction) of three compounds A, B and C that react together.
The results are shown in the table.

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Key terms in this lesson
- rate equation
- An equation that shows how the rate of a reaction depends on the concentration of each reactant, each raised to a power called its order.
- order of reaction
- The power to which the concentration of a reactant is raised in the rate equation.
More in Rate of Reaction
- Experimental Determination of the Rate of Reaction
- The Rate Equation
- The Order of a Reaction
- The Rate Constant k
- Half-Lives and Reaction Rate Graphs
- The Rate Determining Step
- Catalysts
- The Effect of Temperature and Catalysts on the Rate Constant.
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