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#Chemistry fediverse, looking for some help:

I have a spreadsheet with rate data from testing a new lab [1]. The iodate showed a nice 2nd order result, but the bisulfite is throwing me off.

HSO3- is confusing me. Warm had wide variations, cold did better. I didn't think temp would change the rate order, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Calculated cold ~ [HSO3-]^2, calculated hot ~ [HSO3-]^3.5.

My math works, but feeling stuck on why.

1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJHdLee4H3Md3Q_cIWxNqxp644OMkcXIS_TlU0PX9w8/edit?gid=0#gid=0