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Graphing Reaction Rate in Terms of Concentration

• First-order reactions
• Second-order reactions
• The Rate Law
• Relating reaction rate/concentration to time

Reaction Mechanisms

• Reaction mechanism
• Elementary step
• Femtochemistry
• Intermediate
• Catalyst
• Rate-determining step
• A proposed reaction mechanism

• The rate of a reaction can be directly proportional to the square of the concentration of a reactant
• Elementary steps are a series of simple reactions that describe the progress of an overall reaction at the molecular level
• The slowest elementary step in a chemical reaction determines the rate of the overall reaction
• Femtochemistry allows chemists to observe the properties of activated complexes and intermediates in chemical reactions and thus to determine reaction mechanisms