Ordinary Differential Equations
A second-order reaction is a type of chemical reaction where the rate is proportional to the square of the concentration of one reactant or the product of the concentrations of two reactants. This means that if you double the concentration of one reactant, the rate of the reaction increases by a factor of four. Understanding second-order reactions helps in modeling reaction kinetics and determining how changes in concentration impact the speed of a chemical reaction.
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