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A complex reaction takes place in two steps :(i) NO(g) + O3(g) → NO3(g) + O(g)(ii) NO3(g) + O(g) → NO2(g) + O2(g)The predicted rate law is rate = k [NO] [O3].Identify the rate-determining step. Write the overall reaction. Which is the reaction intermediate? Why?

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(i) NO(g) + O3(g) → NO3(g) + O(g)

(ii) NO3(g) + O(g) → NO2(g) + O2(g)

(a) The first step is slow and rate determining step since the rate depends on concentrations of NO(g) and O3(g). (Given : Rate = k [NO] x [O]) 

(b) The overall reaction is the combination of two steps.

NO(g) + O3(g) → NO2(g) + O2(g)

(c) NO3(g) and O(g) are reaction intermediates. They are formed in first step (i) and removed in the second step (ii).



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