A mosaic in non-equilibrium thermodynamics MNET

In phenomenological non-equilibrium thermodynamics a complicated system is described by taking each flux as dependent on each of the forces within the system. On the other hand, common sense tells us that some processes will in practice not depend noticeably on some of the forces. In fact, it could almost be considered a definition of an independent process that it is independent of driving forces other than its own driving force. Thus, we can simplify the description by splitting it up into independent processes. It should always be remembered, however, that such independence of processes remains a postulate of the description failure to fit the properties of the system with the equations may be the result of an unnoticed coupling. 

In mosaic non-equilibrium thermodynamics (MNET) [23,24] this phenomenon is 

We will now consider a few simple examples to illustrate the flux-force relations in a number of common elemental reactions. 

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