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Order the steps: find the order of a reaction

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. Measure how the rate changes as each concentration is varied
  2. Fit those measurements to a rate law
  3. Read the power of each concentration as its order
  4. Add the powers to get the overall order
  5. The proportionality factor left over is the rate constant

Explanation

Everything begins with measurement, because the rate law cannot be predicted. Source: syllabus Chemistry Part I, Ch 3 Chemical Kinetics.
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