Diffusion Control
In the previous examples the rate determining step was one of the sequential chemical reactions leading to a product. The rate-determining step can also be the transport of reactants to interact and form the product. This case is referred to as diffusion control and, in general, occurs where the formation of product from the activated complex is very rapid and thus the supply of reactants and their interaction is rate determining.
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