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On the apparent compensation effect found for two parallel reactions
Author(s) -
Budrugeac P.,
Segal E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4601(1998)30:9<673::aid-kin8>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - chemistry , isothermal process , thermodynamics , decomposition , rate equation , kinetic energy , compensation (psychology) , reaction rate , kinetics , organic chemistry , classical mechanics , physics , catalysis , psychology , psychoanalysis
The authors present a critical analysis of the use of an overall single reaction rate equation instead of the true rate equations corresponding to the decomposition of a substance according to two parallel reactions. Isothermal as well as nonisothermal decomposition are considered. An apparent compensation effect has been evidenced in both cases. It has been assigned to the dependence of the kinetic parameters on temperature (for the isothermal case), conversion, and heating rate (for nonisothermal one). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 673–681, 1998