Overall order
What Overall order means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Overall order
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Reference: AQA
The sum of the individual orders, which fixes the units of k.
The sum m + n of the individual orders in the rate equation.
The sum of the individual orders in the rate equation.
Topics that use Overall order
- Rate equations (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- How fast? (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Order of reaction
- Rate equation
- rate of reaction
- Rate-determining step
- units of k
- zero, first and second order
- Calculating rate and concentration from the rate equation
- Colorimetry
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