How Accurate is the Steady State Approximation?

Lars Ole Haustedt and Jonathan M. Goodman
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (7), p 839
DOI: 10.1021/ed080p839.3
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2003

Abstract

A Java applet is presented that allows students to make interactive analyses of common, two-step reactions and to assess the reliability of the steady-state and equilibrium approximations for themselves.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Chemoinformatics

Keywords (Feature):

JCE WebWare

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Kinetics

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