10.3.6 Rate Laws Derived from the Pseudo-Steady-State Hypothesis (PSSH)

In Section 9.1 we discussed the PSSH, where the net rate of formation of reactive intermediates was assumed to be zero. An alternative way to derive a catalytic rate law rather than setting

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is to assume that each species adsorbed on the surface is a reactive intermediate. Consequently, the net rate of formation of species i adsorbed on the surface will be zero:

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The PSSH is used when more than one step is rate limiting. The isomerization example shown in Table 10-4 is reworked using the PSSH in the DVD-ROM.

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