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The elimination of fast variables in complex chemical reactions. I. Macroscopic level

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The kinetics of complex chemical reactions is considered. Different time scales exist if one or more of the rate constants of the individual reaction steps is much larger than the others. Examples of specific reactions are given in which the intermediates vary on the fast time scale. They can be eliminated according to a standard scheme, the lowest order of which coincides with the steady-state approximation usually employed in textbooks on chemical kinetics.

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    Present address: Department of Oceanography, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, 3730, AE De Bilt, The Netherlands

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Janssen, J.A.M. The elimination of fast variables in complex chemical reactions. I. Macroscopic level. J Stat Phys 57, 157–169 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023638

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