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The rate determining step of a series of reactions is the one ____(a) That is fastest(b) That is slowest(c) That does not contribute to the reaction(d) That does not occurThis question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.My query is from Reducing the Size of Kinetic Models in portion Elements of Reaction Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Engineering

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Right option is (b) That is SLOWEST

To elaborate: Rate DETERMINING step is the slowest of all the reaction steps. The rate determining step is important in DERIVING the rate EQUATION of a CHEMICAL reaction.



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