It low pressure, assuming no wall reaction, the $H_2-O_2$ reaction may be accounted for by the mechanism

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CHEMICAL KINETICS AND REACTION MECHANISMS

Using the steady$-$state hypothesis, derive the differential equations expressing $d\frac{C_{H_{2}O}}{d}t$ in terms of $C_{H_2}$ and $C_{O_2}.$

ANSWER: $,d\frac{C_{H_{2}O}}{d}t=2k_2{C}_{O_2}{C}_{H_2}[\frac{k_1}{k_2}+\frac{k_3}{(k_5{C}_M)}]$