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Why can't molecularity of any reaction be equal to zero?

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Molecularity of the reaction is the number of molecules taking part in an elementary step For this we require at east a single molecule leading to the value of minimum molecularity of one. Hence molecularity of any reacton can never be equal to zero.
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    B
    If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
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    If the assertion and reason both are false .
  • A : Order and molecularity of a reaction are always equal R : Complex reactions takes place is steps and fastest step determine the molecularity of reaction.

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