The student must derive the rate equation for a given reactive system by analyzing the rate data obtained in a differential reactor.  The student must choose which experiments to run, that is, the entering pressures of each species and total flow rate.  In order to obtain the dependence of the rate equation on the pressure of a given species, the student must select which of the points are to be included in a plot of reaction rate vs. species partial pressure.  Given the requested plot, the student must determine the form of the dependence of the rate law on the pressure of the given species: 

Once all dependencies have been established, the student must decide which rate law parameters can be determined, through judicious plotting of the experimental data.  The review section also outlines the derivation of the governing equations of heterogeneous catalysis: