In a chemical reaction the slowest step is called the rate-determining step.

This form suggests that the rate-determining step is a reaction between two molecules of NO.

This mechanism is thought to have multiple partially rate-determining steps.

Experimental evidence points to reaction 2 as being the slow, rate-determining step.

However, it is sometimes the case that the first committed step is in fact the rate-determining step as well.

This has been suggested to be the rate-determining step.

There have been extensive studies on the exact mechanism of this reaction, but the rate-determining step has yet to be uncovered.

The rate-determining step can also be the transport of reactants to interact and form the product.

Their knowledge allows conclusions to be drawn about the reaction mechanism, and may help to identify the rate-determining step.

In consecutive reactions, the rate-determining step often determines the kinetics.