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Chemistry · L3 · Bucket Brigade Analogy for the Rate-Determining Step

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A bucket brigade passing water hand to hand can only fight the fire as fast as its single slowest person — the same bottleneck idea as a reaction mechanism's rate-determining step.

by @openstemUpdated Chemistry
Person 1: fills bucket at the well — fastPerson 2: passes bucket along — SLOWEST linkPerson 3: passes bucket along — fastPerson 4: throws water on the fire — fastFire brigade's overall rate = however fast Person 2 works

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