Rate equation
What Rate equation means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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An equation of the form rate = k[A]ᵐ[B]ⁿ, linking the rate of reaction to the concentrations of reactants raised to their orders.
An experimentally determined equation that relates the rate of reaction to the concentrations of the reactants.
Topics that use Rate equation
- Rate equations (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- How fast? (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Order of reaction
- Overall order
- 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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