Substitute the Intermediate Away

Topic 5.8 left you holding a rate law with an intermediate in it and said: you are not finished. Here is how you finish. Ozone decomposes through a fast reversible step and a slow one, and the fast step’s equilibrium hands you the substitution that removes the intermediate — leaving a rate law with an order the overall equation could never have told you.

8 STEPS · 6 QUICK CHECKS · 2 O₃ → 3 O₂ · v1