Chemical reactions zero-order

Eq 14 combined with adiabatic expin times (Eq 12) can be used to estimate hot spot size as a function of hot spot temp. However, in the real world hot spot conditions are neither adiabatic nor is their chemical reaction zero-order. Consequently, several investigators have attempted to obtain solutions of Eq 4 under realistic hot spot conditions. Possibly the most successful of these attempts are those of Merzha-nov co-workers (Refs 11,17 1S). The more limited results of Friedman for semi-infinite slabs (Refs 9,9a 13) are also pertinent. The basic eqns of the Merzhanov treatment (Ref 11) are shown in Vol 7, HI 71-R to H172-L. Consequently, they will not be repeated here. Similarly, Friedman s analytical results (Ref 13) for an approximate solution are summarized in Vol 7, HI 72... 

V = V max [S]// m- A reaction of higher order is called pseudo-first-order if all but one of the reactants are high in concentration and do not change appreciably in concentration over the time course of the reaction. In such cases, these concentrations can be treated as constants. See Order of Reaction Half-Life Second-Order Reaction Zero-Order Reaction Molecularity Michaelis-Menten Equation Chemical Kinetics... 

Several important points about the rate law are shown in equation A5.4. First, the rate of a reaction may depend on the concentrations of both reactants and products, as well as the concentrations of species that do not appear in the reaction s overall stoichiometry. Species E in equation A5.4, for example, may represent a catalyst. Second, the reaction order for a given species is not necessarily the same as its stoichiometry in the chemical reaction. Reaction orders may be positive, negative, or zero and may take integer or noninteger values. Finally, the overall reaction order is the sum of the individual reaction orders. Thus, the overall reaction order for equation A5.4 isa-l-[3-l-y-l-5-l-8. 

The first detailed investigation of the reaction kinetics was reported in 1984 (68). The reaction of bis(pentachlorophenyl) oxalate [1173-75-7] (PCPO) and hydrogen peroxide cataly2ed by sodium saUcylate in chlorobenzene produced chemiluminescence from diphenylamine (DPA) as a simple time—intensity profile from which a chemiluminescence decay rate constant could be determined. These studies demonstrated a first-order dependence for both PCPO and hydrogen peroxide and a zero-order dependence on the fluorescer in accord with an earher study (9). Furthermore, the chemiluminescence quantum efficiencies Qc) are dependent on the ease of oxidation of the fluorescer, an unstable, short-hved intermediate (r = 0.5 /is) serves as the chemical activator, and such a short-hved species "is not consistent with attempts to identify a relatively stable dioxetane as the intermediate" (68). 

When the product of reaction does not prove a barrier to further chemical change, the rate is constant, zero-order, and the weight of producl is proportional to time,... 

Saturation kinetics are also called zero-order kinetics or Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The Michaelis-Menten equation is mainly used to characterize the interactions of enzymes and substrates, but it is also widely applied to characterize the elimination of chemical compounds from the body. The substrate concentration that produces half-maximal velocity of an enzymatic reaction, termed value or Michaelis constant, can be determined experimentally by graphing r/, as a function of substrate concentration, [S]. 

This is the first example where we have tested to see if the concentration of a product affects the rate of a reaction. It may seem intuitive that products should not be involved in rate laws, but as we show in Section 15-1. a product may influence the rate of a reaction. In careful rate studies, this possibility must be considered. It is common for some reagents in a chemical system to have no effect on the rate of chemical reaction. Although it is unusual for none of the reagents to affect the rate, there are some reactions that are zero order overall. Such reactions have a particularly simple rate law Rate = t. 

The reaction was studied for all coinage metal nanoparticles. In the case of GMEs the rate follows zero-order kinetics with IT for all the coinage metal cases. The observed IT for the Cu catalyzed reaction was maximum but its rate of reduction was found to be minimum. Just the reverse was the case for Au and an intermediate value was obtained for the Ag catalyzed reaction (Figure 7). The adsorption of substrates is driven by chemical interaction between the particle surface and the substrates. Here phe-nolate ions get adsorbed onto the particle surface when present in the aqueous medium. This caused a blue shift of the plasmon band. A strong nucleophile such as NaBH4, because of its diffusive nature and high electron injection capability, transfers electrons to the substrate via metal particles. This helps to overcome the kinetic barrier of the reaction. 

Although the methods that are discussed in this chapter deal explicitly with the disposition of dmgs in animals and humans, their scope is much wider. In general, these methods can be applied to study the transport of substances within parts of a system provided that these transports can be described by zero or first order kinetics. This applies, for example, when the rate of change of the amount in one part of the system depends linearly on the amounts present in all the various parts of the system. Applications are found commonly in first order chemical reactions. 

In the case of 0-pipettes, the collection efficiency also decreases markedly with increasing separation. The situation becomes more complicated when the transferred ion participates in a homogeneous chemical reaction. For the pseudo-first-order reaction a semiquantita-tive description is given by the family of dimensionless working curves calculated for two disks (Fig. 6) [23]. Clearly, at any separation distance the collection efficiency approaches zero when the dimensionless rate constant (a = 2kr /D, where k is the first-order rate constant of the homogeneous ionic reaction) becomes 1. 

For a zero-order chemical reaction, an analysis similar to that employed in Section 12.3.1.2 indicates that... 

The parameter y reflects the sensitivity of the chemical reaction rate to temperature variations. The parameter represents the ratio of the maximum temperature difference that can exist within the particle (equation 12.3.99) to the external surface temperature. For isothermal pellets, / may be regarded as zero (keff = oo). Weisz and Hicks (61) have summarized their numerical solutions for first-order irreversible... 

Now, we will consider the major reactions of peroxynitrite with biomolecules. It was found that peroxynitrite reacts with many biomolecules belonging to various chemical classes, with the bimolecular rate constants from 10-3 to 10s 1 mol 1 s 1 (Table 21.2). Reactions of peroxynitrite with phenols were studied most thoroughly due to the important role of peroxynitrite in the in vivo nitration and oxidation of free tyrosine and tyrosine residues in proteins. In 1992, Beckman et al. [112] have showed that peroxynitrite efficiently nitrates 4-hydroxyphenylacetate at pH 7.5. van der Vliet et al. [113] found that the reactions of peroxynitrite with tyrosine and phenylalanine resulted in the formation of both hydroxylated and nitrated products. In authors opinion the formation of these products was mediated by N02 and HO radicals. Studying peroxynitrite reactions with phenol, tyrosine, and salicylate, Ramezanian et al. [114] showed that these reactions are of first-order in peroxynitrite and zero-order in phenolic compounds. These authors supposed that there should be two different intermediates responsible for the nitration and hydroxylation of phenols but rejected the most probable proposal that these intermediates should be NO2 and HO. ... 

A gas phase isomerization is catalyzed by porous spherical grains. In the absence of complicating factors the rate of chemical reaction is approximately zero order, that is,... 

The parameter [3 is related to the contrast. If (3A> > 1, equation 1 reduces to that of a simple first order reaction (such as CEL materials are usually assumed to follow (6)). If 3A< < 1, the reaction becomes second order in A In a similar manner, the sensitized reaction varies between zero order and first order. For the anthracene loadings required by the PIE process (13,15), A is close to 1M, so (3 > > 1 is required for first order unsensitized kinetics. Although in solution, 3 for DMA is -500, and -25 for DPA (20), we have found [3 =3 for DMA/PEMA, and (3=1 for DPA/PBMA. Thus although the chemical trends are in the same direction in the polymer as in solution, the numbers are quite different, indicating a substantial... 

FIGURE 3.1 7. Section of the zero-order ( ) and first-order (-) potential energy surfaces along the reaction coordinate in cases where stretching of the cleaving bond is the dominant factor of nuclei reorganization. Adapted from Figure 1 of reference 24a, with permission from the American Chemical Society. 

The rate of chemical attack will depend on the concentration according to the order of the reaction (i.e. in a zero-order reaction the rate is independent of concentration, in a first-order reaction the rate depends linearly on concentration, and in second-order reaction the rate depends on the square of concentration). Increasing the concentration, therefore, provides a means of acceleration. Remember, however, that chemical attack on plastics is a liquid-solid and not a liquid-liquid reaction, such that the reaction laws only hold if there is free movement of all chemical species with no limitations due to diffusion or transport and no barrier layers. Since this is rarely the case, temperature is preferred as a means of acceleration. 

In this expression, k is the rate constant—a constant for each chemical reaction at a given temperature. The exponents m and n, called the orders of reaction, indicate what effect a change in concentration of that reactant species will have on the reaction rate. Say, for example, m = 1 and n = 2. That means that if the concentration of reactant A is doubled, then the rate will also double ([2]1 = 2), and if the concentration of reactant B is doubled, then the rate will increase fourfold ([2]2 = 4). We say that it is first order with respect to A and second order with respect to B. If the concentration of a reactant is doubled and that has no effect on the rate of reaction, then the reaction is zero order with respect to that reactant ([2]° = 1). Many times the overall order of reaction is calculated it is simply the sum of the individual coefficients, third order in this example. The rate equation would then be shown as ... 

B—All substances involved, directly or indirectly, in the rate-determining step will change the rate when their concentrations are changed. The ion is required in the balanced chemical equation, so it cannot be a spectator ion, and it must appear in the mechanism. Catalysts will change the rate of a reaction. Since H does not affect the rate, the reaction is zero order with respect to this ion. 

In the first approach it is assumed, as well, that the reaction proceeds by zero-order. Since the rate term d> is not a function of concentration, the continuity equation is not required so we can deal with the more convenient energy equation. Semenov, like Mallard and Le Chatelier, examined the thermal wave as if it were made up of two parts. The unbumed gas part is a zone of no chemical reaction, and the reaction part is the zone in which the reaction and diffusion terms dominate and the convective term can be ignored. Thus, in the first zone (I), the energy equation reduces to... 

Gradient diffusion was assumed in the species-mass-conservation model of Shir and Shieh. Integration was carried out in the space between the ground and the mixing height with zero fluxes assumed at each boundary. A first-order decay of sulfur dioxide was the only chemical reaction, and it was suggested that this reaction is important only under low wind speed. Finite-difference numerical solutions for sulfur dioxide in the St. Louis, Missouri, area were obtained with a second-order central finite-difference scheme for horizontal terms and the Crank-Nicolson technique for the vertical-diffusion terms. The three-dimensional grid had 16,800 points on a 30 x 40 x 14 mesh. 

Based on these rate laws, various equations have been developed to describe kinetics of soil chemical processes. As a function of the adsorbent and adsorbate properties, the equations describe mainly first-order, second-order, or zero-order reactions. For example. Sparks and Jardine (1984) studied the kinetics of potassium adsorption on kaolinite, montmorillonite (a smectite mineral), and vermiculite (Fig. 5.3), finding that a single-order reaction describes the data for kaolinite and smectite, while two first-order reactions describe adsorption on vermiculite. 

Fig. 2. Concentration dependency of zero-, first-, second-, and third-order chemical reactions.

Referring to reactions in which the reaction velocity is independent of the reactant under consideration. For example, for the reaction A + B C, if the empirical rate expression is v = A [B], the reaction is first order with respect to B but zero order with respect to A. See Chemical Kinetics Rate Saturation Michaelis-Menten Equation... 

CHEMICAL KINETICS RATE SATURATION MICHAELIS-MENTEN EQUATION ZERO-ORDER REACTIONS ORDER OF REACTION MOLECULARITY... 

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