18.5- THE RATE-DETERMINING STEP

Question 1

What are the separate steps that lead from reactants to products called?

Answer 1

reaction mechanism

Question 2

What do the steps in-between a reaction involve?

Answer 2

short-lived intermediates

Question 3

What will govern the rate of the overall reaction?

Answer 3

the rate of the slowest step

Question 4

What is the ‘bottleneck’ that the slowest step may form called?

Answer 4

rate-determining step or rate-limiting step