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Determination of chemical kinetics for multiple reaction systems
Author(s) -
Letts R. W. M.,
Mickley H. S.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450420204
Subject(s) - chemical kinetics , chemical reaction , reaction rate constant , reaction rate , kinetics , kinetic energy , nonlinear system , thermodynamics , order of reaction , chemistry , simple (philosophy) , desk , mathematics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , philosophy , epistemology , operating system , catalysis
A technique is presented for the determination of chemical kinetics of multiple reaction systems from differential reaction rate data. All rate constants, activation energies, and reaction orders of the system are simultaneously fitted to all the data, using the methods of linear and nonlinear least squares. A desk calculator is practicable for systems involving ten or fewer unknown kinetic parameters. The method is especially useful for reversible reactions, since there has been no simple technique for the joint measurement of parameters of the forward and reverse reactions. The calculation is illustrated with a numerical example.