Principle of Detailed Balance in Kinetics

Robert A. Alberty
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (8), p 1206
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1206
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004

Abstract

The chemical monomolecular triangle reaction is used to illustrate the importance of the principle of detailed balance. The simultaneous rate equations for this reaction are solved using Mathematica to show the effect that different choices of rate constants has on the changes in concentrations of the three isomers with time. These solutions are discussed in terms of thermodynamic equilibrium, steady states, microscopic reversibility, and oscillating reactions.

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