Order Orders are all about concentration, concentration affects reactions because it caused there to be more collisions per

second. Therefore, the reaction is faster. The order is how far concentration affects the rate of reaction of a substance. A substance with a higher order is more affected by a change in concentration. For example an order of 0(zero order) means rate is proportional to [C]0 In other words, the rate of reaction does not change when concentration changes. But if the order is 2(second order) rate is proportional to [C]2 In other words if the concentration doubles the rate will quadruple (times by 4), because 4 is 2 squared. The Rate Equation The rate equation allows you to identify a relationship between the rate, the concentrations, and their orders Rate = k * [A]0[B]1[C]2 This is the rate equation, firstly you probably want to know what k represents, k represents a constant that is used to get from the concentrations and orders to the rate. You work out k like so, k = rate / Concentration You also have to know how to calculate the overall order, just add upp all the orders in the equation! [A]1[B]2 Overall order = 1+2 = 3 K K has alot of different units, different for each order but luckily you only need to know four. Order Unit

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Moles per decimetre cubed per second Seconds-1 Decimetres cubed per mole per second Decimetres 6 per mole squared per second