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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?
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Solution
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.
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