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Overall Rate Law

For the mechanism below, determine the overall rate law.

2 NO + Br2  2 NOBr  overall2~NO~+~Br_2~\longrightarrow~2~NOBr~~{overall}

NO+ Br2 k1k1 NOBr2NO+~Br_2~\mathop{\leftrightharpoons}^{k_1}_{k_{-1}}~NOBr_2

NOBr2 + NO k2 2NOBrNOBr_2~+~NO~\xrightarrow{k_2}~2NOBr

Posted by Sara Robertson a year ago

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