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Reaction measurement studies also show that the chemistry is often not a simple one-step reaction process (37). There are usually several key intermediates, and the reaction is better thought of as a network of series and parallel steps. Kinetic parameters for each of the steps can be derived from the data. The appearance of these intermediates can add to the time required to achieve a desired level of total breakdown to the simple, thermodynamically stable products, eg, CO2, H2O, or N2. 

Some parallel steps can be carried out at the same time with one taking longer than the other this allows some flexibility about when to start the shorter step, as long as the plan has it finished in time to flow into subsequent steps. This situation can be shown with a dotted line continuing on to the time when the step must be completed. 

The scheduling module maintains a master list of all batches and control-recipes and sorts the basic operations of the chronologically next control-recipe by their position in the recipe. In the case of identical starting times a priority which can be specified on the batch level determines the sorting. During the sorting procedure parallel steps in the recipe with all associated basic operations are regarded as one unit. 

In the first step all suitable vessels are determined which meet the technical requirements of all basic operations of the control-recipe and which are able to hold the maximum load determined by the (scaled) recipe. Additionally all stations are selected which are suitable to fulfil at least the requirements of the next recipe step. In the case of parallel steps in the recipe, all basic operations occurring in this... 

Examples of reacting systems with networks made up of parallel steps are ... 

For illustration, we consider a simplified treatment of methane oxidative coupling in which ethane (desired product) and CO, (undesired) are produced (Mims et al., 1995). This is an example of the effort (so far not commercially feasible) to convert CH, to products for use in chemical syntheses (so-called Q chemistry ). In this illustration, both C Hg and CO, are stable primary products (Section 5.6.2). Both arise from a common intermediate, CH, which is produced from CH4 by reaction with an oxidative agent, MO. Here, MO is treated as another gas-phase molecule, although in practice it is a solid. The reaction may be represented by parallel steps as in Figure 7.1(a), but a mechanism for it is better represented as in Figure 7.1(b). 

A liquid-phase reaction involving the following two parallel steps is to be carried out in an isothermal PFR. 

The sample preparation step in Figure 3.9 in the simplest case would include only the aspiration, but often steps like dilution, pre-concentration, and other treatments will be performed before injection of the sample onto the separation column. This is easily performed on modem instruments that allow injector programming and the use of additional valves. This will be discussed further in the next section about parallelizing steps. If parallelizing is not possible and a purely serial analysis is required, the required treatment should be abandoned or performed off-line. 

The derivation of exchange-rate equations for mechanisms with branched pathways requires the rules governing consecutive and parallel steps. Consider as an example the A P exchange in the Random Bi Bi mechanism (Scheme 2) ... 

For the general series-parallel reaction we introduce two additional considerations. First of all for parallel steps if one requirement is for a high temperature and another is for a low temperature, then a particular intermediate temperature is best in that it gives the most favorable product distribution. As an example, consider the reactions... 

A series or bunch of m initially straight and parallel steps, between heights 0 and m, may be expected to relax with the same asymptotics as a pair of steps. Modifications may occur, already for a pair of steps, when step-step interactions are present in addition to the entropic step repulsion. Here, we merely refer to recent reviews on experiments and theoretical analyses " on the much studied phenomenon of step bunching for vicinal surfaces, which is accompanied by interesting phase transistions. 

We believe that the problems connected to the metastability/instability of the networks of steps deserve further experimental investigation, as well. If e is positive, as we think should be the case for gold and platinum crystals, one should be able, starting from the metastable network of steps, to observe a nucleation of arrays of parallel steps connected under a ridge. Probably this could be observed in practice, e.g. in STM experiments, only for sufficiently high temperatures and in very pure samples. 

Parallel steps convert the same reactants into the same products through different routes. 

Genera/. The central goal of fundamental electrochemical kinetics is to find out what electrons, ions, and molecules do during an electrode reaction, hr this research, one is not only concerned with the initial state (Le., the metal and the reactants in the solution next to the electrode surface before the reaction begins) and the final product of the reaction, one also has to know the intermediate species formed along the way. Thus, all practical electrode reactions (say, the electro-oxidation of methanol to C02) consist of several consecutive and/or parallel steps, each involving an intermediate radical, e.g., the adsorbed C-OH radical. I Iowcver, one finds that intermediates can be classed into two types. 

If the relative values of the rate constants among the consecutive or parallel steps in reactions such as that of hydrogen evolution have the most decisive influence here, Frumkin-Temkin should be used. If they lead to a situation in which the intermediate radical coverage tends toward zero or one, the matter is decided. As remarked above, for 0 — 0 or 0 — 1, the Frumkin and Temkin isotherms coincide in effect with that of Langmuir. 

Contrary to the C2II6 reaction, the amounts of CH20 and CO appeared to be different, especially at low temperatures. At 60°C. the amount of CO was three times, and at 250°C. one and a half times that of CH20. A conclusion may be drawn that the reaction of oxygen atoms with CH4 proceeds by two parallel steps resulting in CH20 and CO formation. 

The pathways of amino acid catabolism are quite similar in most organisms. The focus of this chapter is on the pathways in vertebrates, because these have received the most research attention. As in carbohydrate and fatty acid catabolism, the processes of amino acid degradation converge on the central catabolic pathways, with the carbon skeletons of most amino acids finding their way to the citric acid cycle. In some cases the reaction pathways of amino acid breakdown closely parallel steps in the catabolism of fatty acids (Chapter 17). 

Parallel reactions involving selectivity are important in most chemical processes, where they typically control the formation of minor products or pollutants. In combustion, pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and soot are formed by reactions that compete with parallel steps, leading to less harmful products. 

C6H4a2+Cl2 k3 >C6H3C13 + HC1 Analysis in terms of series and parallel steps is ... 

The coke might be formed by a parallel step, a consecutive step or combined steps from reactant and products. These can be shown as follows ... 

Efficiency (of a step t]) The ratio between the useful energy delivered or bound and the energy supplied, i.e., energy output/energy input It is also used in the sense of a quantitative measure of the relative rate of a given step involving a species with respect to the sum of the rates of all of the parallel steps which depopulate that species. 

EFFICIENCY OF A STEP (n) a quantitative measure of the relative importance of a given step involving an excited state species with respect to all of the parallel steps which depopulate that excited state. 

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