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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone explain please? If an elementary reaction involves the collision of two identical molecules, then the elementary reaction is _____, and the kinetics will be ______. A) unimolecular, second-order B) bimolecular, first-order C) bimolecular, second-order D) unimolecular, zeroth-order E) unimolecualr, first-order

OpenStudy (chmvijay):

bi molecular and second order

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you! Could you explain why that is, please? :)

OpenStudy (chmvijay):

since two molecules are involved in this we can say it as bi molecular but it is difficult to tell the order bcoz it has to be determined experimentally but still we can predict according to rate equation R=K[A]2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you!

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