Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis
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Order of Reaction
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis
Dimensionless
The power to which the concentration of a given reactant is raised in the experimentally determined rate law.
rate ∝ [A]^m
Overall Order
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis
Dimensionless
The sum of the individual orders with respect to every reactant appearing in the rate law.
n = m₁ + m₂ + …