Is there a name for the intersection of the graphs of first and second order reactions? [closed]








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Is there a name for the point where a first order rate of reaction meets a second order one.  

![reactant graph](https://imgur.com/Nxpp9G8.png)  

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As far as I know there isn't a specific term for that point. 


If you have a one-step first order reaction


$$\rm A \xrightarrow{k\_1} B + C, \quad \text{rate} = k\_1[A]$$


that can run backwards as a second order reaction


$$\rm B + C \xrightarrow{k\_{-1}} A, \quad \text{rate} = k\_{-1}[B][C]$$


and the rates of those reactions are equal, you can call that point "equilibrium". 


You can't really plot the rates separately the way you have unless you have a common concentration, e. g. plot a change in concentration $x$ where $\rm [A] = [A]\_0 - x$, $\rm [B] = [B]\_0 + x$, and $\rm [C] = [C]\_0 + x$.


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