Question

The rate determining step of a series of reactions is the one ____

(a) That is fastest

(b) That is slowest

(c) That does not contribute to the reaction

(d) That does not occur

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My query is from Reducing the Size of Kinetic Models in portion Elements of Reaction Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Answer 1

Right option is (b) That is slowest

To elaborate: Rate determining step is the slowest of all the reaction steps. The rate determining step is important in deriving the rate equation of a chemical reaction.