Question

Answer the following in one or two sentences.

What is the relationship between coefficients of reactants in a balanced equation for an overall reaction and exponents in the rate law? In what case the coefficients are the exponents?

Answer 1

Coefficients of reactants in a balanced chemical equation may or may not be the same as the exponents in rate law for the same reaction. For elementary reaction, coefficients in a balanced chemical equation are the same as the exponents in the rate law.