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Research: Science and Education
Validity of the Quasi-Stationary-State Approximation in the Case of Two Successive Reversible First-Order Reactions
V. Viossat and R. I. Ben-Aim
Laboratoire de Chimie des Surfaces, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

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September 1998
Vol. 75 No. 9
p. 1165

Abstract
This paper finds the conditions for the validity of the quasi-stationary-state approximation (QSSA) by the study of factor DSS (deviation from the quasi-stationary state) versus time for the mechanism A <=> B <=> C and treats the mechanisms A <=> B -> C and A -> B -> C as particular cases. We propose a methodology to determine if and when the QSSA can be applied to the three mechanisms.
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*  Citation
Viossat, V.; Ben-Aim, R. I. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 1165.
*  Keywords
physical chem, kinetics, equilibrium
*  History
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