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O 2/23/2017 11:55 PM A 93.3/100 2/23/2017 03:02 PM Gradebook Print Calculator Periodic Table Incorrect Incorrect X Incorrect Incorrect X Incorrect X Question 10 of 15 incorrect Map Ca Sapling Learning macmillan learning Consider the following mechanism step 1 A FA B+ C equilibrium step 2 C D E slow overall: A D B+ E Determine the rate law for the overall reaction (where the overall rate constant is represented as k). k A D rate Incorrect. For an elementary step, the stoichiometry of a reaction determines its rate law, but that's not true for an overall reaction Instead, the rate law for an overall reaction is based on the slowest step in the mechanism.

Explanation / Answer

Rate law is determined only based on the slowest step of the mechanism.

the mechanism of the reaction is

A <-------> B + C

C + D ------> E slow

For the first reaction Keq = [B][C] /[A] or [C] = Keq. [A]/[B]

and rate law = k2. [C] [D]

= k2. Keq.[A][D]/[B]

= k[A][D]/[B]