Reaction Rate

From an engineering viewpoint, reaction kinetics has these principal functions:
Establishing the chemical mechanism of a reaction obtaining experimental rate data
Correlating rate data by equations or other means; Designing suitable reactors, Specifying operating conditions, control methods, and auxiliary equipment to meet the technological and economic needs of the reaction process.

Reactions can be classified in several ways. On the basis of mechanism they may be:

1. Irreversible
2. Reversible
3. Simultaneous
4. Consecutive
   

For detail look in Chemical Reaction Rate