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In the previous section, we discussed rate laws, and defined the rate law as:

Rate = change in [A] / change in time

but now we are going to also define it as:

Rate = k [A]n
where k is the proportionality constant and n is the order

K, the proportionality constant, can also be called the rate constant. Both, the rate constant and the order must be determined experimentally.


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