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  2. Rate equation - Wikipedia

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    For a typical second-order reaction with rate equation = [] [], if the concentration of reactant B is constant then = [] [] = ′ [], where the pseudo–first-order rate constant ′ = []. The second-order rate equation has been reduced to a pseudo–first-order rate equation, which makes the treatment to obtain an integrated rate equation much ...

  3. Order of approximation - Wikipedia

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    First-order approximation is the term scientists use for a slightly better answer. [3] Some simplifying assumptions are made, and when a number is needed, an answer with only one significant figure is often given ("the town has 4 × 10 3, or four thousand, residents"). In the case of a first-order approximation, at least one number given is exact.

  4. Order of accuracy - Wikipedia

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    Consider , the exact solution to a differential equation in an appropriate normed space (, | | | |). Consider a numerical approximation u h {\displaystyle u_{h}} , where h {\displaystyle h} is a parameter characterizing the approximation, such as the step size in a finite difference scheme or the diameter of the cells in a finite element method .

  5. Rate-determining step - Wikipedia

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    In fact, however, the observed reaction rate is second-order in NO 2 and zero-order in CO, [5] with rate equation r = k[NO 2] 2. This suggests that the rate is determined by a step in which two NO 2 molecules react, with the CO molecule entering at another, faster, step. A possible mechanism in two elementary steps that explains the rate ...

  6. Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations - Wikipedia

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    For example, the second-order equation y′′ = −y can be rewritten as two first-order equations: y′ = z and z′ = −y. In this section, we describe numerical methods for IVPs, and remark that boundary value problems (BVPs) require a different set of tools. In a BVP, one defines values, or components of the solution y at more than one ...

  7. Transition state theory - Wikipedia

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    Using the Eyring equation, there is a straightforward relationship between ΔG ‡, first-order rate constants, and reaction half-life at a given temperature. At 298 K, a reaction with ΔG ‡ = 23 kcal/mol has a rate constant of k ≈ 8.4 × 10 −5 s −1 and a half life of t 1/2 ≈ 2.3 hours, figures that are often rounded to k ~ 10 −4 s ...

  8. Enzyme kinetics - Wikipedia

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    Thus the product formation rate depends on the enzyme concentration as well as on the substrate concentration, the equation resembles a bimolecular reaction with a corresponding pseudo-second order rate constant /. This constant is a measure of catalytic efficiency.

  9. Higher order coherence - Wikipedia

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    The light source used by Hanbury Brown and Twiss was stellar light which is chaotic. Hanbury Brown and Twiss used this result to compute the first order coherence from their measurement of the second order coherence. The observed second order coherence the curve was as shown in figure 2. [10]