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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A constant of proportionality relating the rate of a chemical reaction to the concentrations of the chemical species involved in the reaction.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">For a second-order reaction, A + B → products, the units of the rate coefficient are (concentration)<sup> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A constant of proportionality relating the rate of a chemical reaction to the concentrations of the chemical species involved in the reaction.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">For a second-order reaction, A + B → products, the units of the rate coefficient are (concentration)<sup>-1</sup>(time)<sup>-1</sup>.</div><br/></div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 20 February 2012
rate coefficient
A constant of proportionality relating the rate of a chemical reaction to the concentrations of the chemical species involved in the reaction.
For a second-order reaction, A + B → products, the units of the rate coefficient are (concentration)-1(time)-1.
