The rate-determining step is a similar concept to this slow car determining the traffic flow rate—the overall reaction rate is determined by the slowest part of the process. If it did, the reaction wo...The rate-determining step is a similar concept to this slow car determining the traffic flow rate—the overall reaction rate is determined by the slowest part of the process. If it did, the reaction would be second-order with respect to H2O2, since the coefficient of the H2O2 in the balanced equation is a 2. If step 2 is the rate-determining step, then the rate law for that step will be the rate law for the overall reaction.
The rate-determining step is a similar concept to this slow car determining the traffic flow rate—the overall reaction rate is determined by the slowest part of the process. If it did, the reaction wo...The rate-determining step is a similar concept to this slow car determining the traffic flow rate—the overall reaction rate is determined by the slowest part of the process. If it did, the reaction would be second-order with respect to H2O2, since the coefficient of the H2O2 in the balanced equation is a 2. If step 2 is the rate-determining step, then the rate law for that step will be the rate law for the overall reaction.
