Encyclopedia > Order (chemistry)

Article Content

Order (chemistry)

In chemistry, the order of a reaction refers to the number of articles involved in the reaction. A first order reaction deals with one molecule in the rate-defining step, a second order reaction has two atomic/molecular species in the rate determining step, etc.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Quioque, New York

... or Latino of any race. There are 336 households out of which 28.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% are married couples living together, 11.9% have ...