More than two linear independent steps of reaction

3 More than two linear independent steps of reaction 

Just one reaction is considered as an example in the following A — B — C — D. Its Jacobi matrix is given by 

The elements of the main diagonal are the eigenvalues. Using Table 2.6 one can find 

The dependence on time of the concentrations is shown in Fig. 2.11 calculated by eq. (2.95). Some of the resulting concentration diagrams are presented in Fig. 2.12. 

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It is difficult to define general rules. However, one is able to simulate K-diagrams using a desk-top computer for assumed mechanisms and to analyse the curves for points of inflection. The principle approach was discussed in Section 2.3.2. Points of inflection are allowed in K- or X-diagrams only, if more than two linear independent steps of reaction s > 2) take place. 

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