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Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis

Order of Reaction

The power to which the concentration of a given reactant is raised in the experimentally determined rate law.

rate ∝ [A]^m Dimensionless Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis

Overall Order

The sum of the individual orders with respect to every reactant appearing in the rate law.

n = m₁ + m₂ + … Dimensionless