Studies have been carried out on the kinetics of three of the individual processes in the two-step sequence of reactions relating V(II), V(III), Cr(II), and Cr(III) in solutions containing chloride and/or perchlorate ions. The ions V2+ and CrCl2+ react in a second-order process, with a rate constant fa = e + //[H+]. In chloride solution the third-order rate constant for the reaction V3+ + Cr2+ + Cl" in which (H20)5CrCl2+ is formed is given by fa = g + /[ +], In perchlorate solution, the reaction of V3+ + Cr2+ follows a second-order rate expression, with the rate constant fa = qfr + [H+]). At 25.00 and ionic strength 2.50 M, values (units M and sec) are: e = 0.0384,/ = 0.0025, g = 4.3, h = 0.27, q = 1.09, and r = 0.12. The reaction of V2+ and CrCl2+ did not follow steady-state kinetics unless either V3+ or Cr2+ was added, since the latter ions were formed as intermediates but reacted only relatively slowly. From the steady-state data (V3+ or Cr2+ added) the best values of fa were derived. Known rate constants were used to find numerical solutions for the nonsteady-state situation by a Runge-Kutta iteration process on a computer. The interrelations of the various rate steps are demonstrated. The detailed mechanism, particularly the question of inneror outer-sphere electron transfer, is discussed with special emphasis on comparisons with reactions of established mechanism.