GK QUESTION#3357
For a single-reactant rate law, a rate directly proportional to the first power of the reactant concentration is called:
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D. first order reaction
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A single-reactant rate law rate=k[A] is first order: the concentration has exponent 1. A zero-order rate is independent of [A], while rate=k[A]² is second order. With multiple reactants, the overall order is the sum of their exponents.