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The steady state kinetics of some biological systems: IV. Thermodynamic aspects

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The investigation initiated in III is continued. The irreversible production of entropy and the rates of dissipation in diffusion fields and due to chemical reactions are discussed. The rates of change of free energy, entropy, etc. are indicated for type-systems of biological interest in which composition and reaction rates are a function of position. Some consequences of Onsager's generalization of Fick's Law are discussed in terms of maintenance of stationary, non-equilibrium concentration distributions, transport of a solute against a concentration gradient, and the dependence of these phenomena upon metabolism.

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Hearon, J.Z. The steady state kinetics of some biological systems: IV. Thermodynamic aspects. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 12, 85–106 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477347

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