This chemistry video tutorial provides a basic introduction into chemical kinetics. It explains how to calculate the average rate of disappearance of a reactant as well as how to identify the rate law expression using the initial rates method. It explains how to calculate the rate constant along with the appropriate units and how to calculate the initial rate of the reaction given the concentration of the reactants.
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