Abstract
Kinetic measurements show that the simple rate laws known from the last chapter are often not sufficient for a correct description of the temporal course of a reaction or the composition of a reaction mixture. Many reactions take place by mechanisms that involve several elementary steps. Three fundamental types of composite reactions are discussed in this chapter: opposing or equilibrium reactions, parallel reactions, and consecutive reactions. Composite reactions not only play a large role in industrial applications (e.g., heterogeneous catalysis) but are also very important in nature (e.g., enzyme reactions).
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Job, G., Rüffler, R. (2016). Composite Reactions. In: Physical Chemistry from a Different Angle. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15666-8_17
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