The reaction of ozone with oxygen atoms in the presence of chlorine atoms can occur by the two-step process shown here with the rate constant for each step.
O
3(g) + Cl(g)
O
2(g) + ClO(g) k
1=5.2*10
9ClO(g) + O(g)
Cl(g) + O
2(g) k
2=2.6*10
10What is the value of the rate constant of the overall net reaction? Shouldn’t it be k
1*k
2=1.4*10
20?
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