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The article discusses the ambiguities in chemical kinetics rates and rate constants. Reaction rate laws and rate constants are determined by following the temporal changes in the concentration or pressures of reactants or products. With respect to different physical rates, to define reaction rates and rate constants unambiguously, it is required to adopt a convention. The reaction rates and rate constants constitute conventional quantities. The investigators have concluded that only two of texts have all aspects of the problem was essentially correct, after examining general chemistry texts widely used in the instruction of science and pre-medical students.