Why molecularity is applicable only for elementary reactions and order is applicable for elementary as well as complex reactions?
Why molecularity is applicable only for elementary reactions and order is applicable for elementary as well as complex reactions?
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Simple reactions occur in a single stage, whereas complicated reactions occur in multiple steps. Each phase in a multi-step process has its own molecularity, which is not added together. There is no molecularity in complex reactions
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