Molecularity

October 12, 2013
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Molecularity is the number of molecules involved in forming the product. This follows from the balanced (stoichiometric) equation describing the reaction. For example,

N2O5  —»  2NO2 +  1/2 O2 is a slow unimolecular reaction and 1/2 O2 +  1/2 O2 —» O2 is a fast bimolecular reaction.

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