Define following term / Give definition :

$(1)$ Elementary reaction

$(2)$ Complex reaction

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For the reaction between $A$ and $B$ , the initial rate of reaction $(r_0)$ was measured for different initial concentration of $A$ and $B$ as given below Order of the reaction with respect to $A$ and $B$ respectively, is $\sqrt 2  = 1.4 ,\,\sqrt 3  \times 10^{-4}$ 

$A/mol\,L^{-1}$ $0.2$ $0.2$ $0.4$
$B/mol\,L^{-1}$ $0.3$ $0.1$ $0.05$
$r_0/mol^{-1}s^{-1}$ $5.0\times 10^{-5}$ $5.0\times 10^{-5}$ $1.4\times 10^{-4}$

By giving three examples explain that ''the exponents of the concentration terms are same or not as their stoichiometric coefficients in the balanced chemical reaction.''

From the following which is a second order reaction

The elementary reaction $2SO_2(g) + O_2(g) \to 2SO_3(g)$ is carried out in $1\, dm^3$ vessel and $2\,dm^3$ vessel separately. The ratio of the reaction velocities will be

Assertion : In rate law, unlike in the expression for equilibrium constants, the exponents for concentrations do not necessarily match the stoichiometric coefficients.

Reason : It is the mechanism and not the balanced chemical equation for the overall change that governs the reaction rate.

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