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For the given reaction:
NO2+F22NO2F
Mechanism involves two steps:
I: NO2+F22NO2F+F (Slow)
II : NO2+FNO2F (Fast)
Choose the correct option(s):

A
Molecularity of I step is 2
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II is the rate determining step.
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I is the rate determining step.
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Molecularity of I step is 1
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Solution

The correct option is C I is the rate determining step.
For complex reactions, every step behaves as an elementary reaction. So, each step has its own molecularity.
For elementary reaction, molecularity is the sum of stoichiometric coefficients of reactants
For I , the molecularity is 2.
For II , the molecularity is also 2.

Rate Determine Step (R.D.S.)
The step of a complex reaction, which is the slowest and on which, the overall reaction rate is dependent.
The concentration terms of reactants, which are involved in R.D.S,generally, determine the order of that reaction.
Rate law of R.D.S. is equal to Rate law of reaction
I: NO2+F22NO2F+F (Slow) is the rate determining step.

Rate law according to R.D.S
Rate=k[NO2][F2]

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