What’s Your Rate Determining Step?

What’s Your Rate Determining Step? In Chemistry, the overall rate of a reaction is often determined by the slowest step, known as the rate determining step or rate-limiting step.  If you can speed up the rate determining step – for example by using a catalyst –...

Are You Distracted By The Spider In Your Cellar?

Are You Distracted By The Spider In Your Cellar? The context for this (perhaps unusual) question was kindly provided by my wife.  She stopped by a local coffee shop and asked for a coffee and a pastry from the waitress who came to take her order.  The coffee duly...