1.2N2O (g) à 2N2 (g) + O2 (g)
2.Areaction intermediate is formed in one step then consumed in the subsequentstep. The intermediate here will be theoxygen atom, O (g).
3.Step1 is the slow step, which is the rate determining step (RDS). This elementary step is unimolecular
4.Rateof RDS = k1[N2O],so the rate of the overall reaction = k[N2O].The reaction is first order with respect to N2O(g), so first order overall.
Reaction rate is only determined by the by the slowest step. Step 1 is the slowest step of the reaction therefore the rate of the overall reaction is only determined by reactant of the step 1.