Elementary Steps, Reaction Mechanisms and the Experimental Rate Law
Example 15.12 The reaction below has an experimental rate law of Rate = k[NO2]2.
NO2(g) + CO(g) ? NO(g) + CO2(g)
Does the reaction occur in one bimolecular step whose stoichiometry is the same as the overall reaction? Why or why not?
2NO2(g) ? NO3(g) + NO(g) slow step
NO3(g) + CO(g) ? NO2(g) + CO2(g) fast step