Given the general form of the rate law, Rate = k[Reactant 1]^x[Reactant 2]^y answer the following questions:

(a) Which part of the rate law reflects the inherent factors of the reaction?

(b) What is the general name for the exponents x and y?

(c) How do we calculate the overall order of a chemical reaction?

(d) Suppose the reaction is second-order with respect to reactant 1 and first-order with respect to reactant 2. What are the values of x and y, and what is the overall order of a reaction with only these two reactants?

(e) Suppose reactant 1 does not appear in the rate law. What does this say about the value of its order? What is the meaning of the value of its order?