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please explain the rate determining step deeply

please explain the rate determining step deeply

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grenade
2061 Points
8 years ago
let’s understnd the concept of rds
le suppose ther are 5 friend and they have planned for a picnic
let suppose that the fifth friend came late by 1 hour therfore u will be late to picnic be 1 hour
thus he was the one on which the get together for the picnic time has been decided
 
 
hope it helped u plz aprve
grenade
2061 Points
8 years ago

The overall rate of a reaction (the one which you would measure if you did some experiments) is controlled by the rate of the slowest step. In the example above, the hydroxide ion can't combine with the positive ion until that positive ion has been formed. The second step is in a sense waiting around for the first slow step to happen.

The slow step of a reaction is known as the rate determining step.

As long as there is a lot of difference between the rates of the various steps, when you measure the rate of a reaction, you are actually measuring the rate of the rate determining step.

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