The reactant state distribution

Another conclusion we can draw from equation (3.9) is that the steady reactant distribution retains some memory of the initial distribution, but we should not be misled into reading too much significance into it. In a typical static reaction experiment, where the vibrational relaxation rate constant might be 10 s and the rate constant the starting 

3 I have previously used the term normal modes of reaction in this context [71.M] the same term has been used in rather different contexts on other occasions [68.B2 69.H] for the time being, at least until their properties have been investigated in more detail, it is perhaps preferable to be more cautious and to refer to the quantities (SoliCFy), as simply perturbed normal modes (of relaxation). 

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