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If you double a particular reactant concentration between two otherwise identical kinetic runs and you see that this causes no change in the reaction rate, what is the order with respect to that reactant?

Zero Two
Three
Four
Eight
Sixteen
Thirty Two

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If doubling a particular reactant concentration between two otherwise identical kinetic runs causes no change in the reaction rate, the order with respect to that reactant is zero. In other words, the reaction rate is not dependent on the concentration of that particular reactant. This is known as a zero-order reaction with respect to that reactant. The possible orders listed in the question are two, three, four, eight, sixteen, and thirty-two, but the correct answer is zero.
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