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A step or transition in a reaction mechanism with the greatest control over the overall rate under specified conditions; it need not be a unique universally slowest elementary step.
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A proposed mechanism can assign rate control only after concentrations, reversibility, pre-equilibria, catalyst state, and the sensitivity of the overall flux to each elementary rate constant are specified.
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
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Rate control can determine an approximate rate law only with the accompanying mechanistic assumptions; a single slow-step slogan is insufficient when steps are coupled or partially reversible.
A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.
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