Variational principles special relativity

The time variations of the effluent tracer concentration in response to step and pulse inputs and the frequency-response diagram all contain essentially the same information. In principle, any one can be mathematically transformed into the other two. However, since it is easier experimentally to effect a change in input tracer concentration that approximates a step change or an impulse function, and since the measurements associated with sinusoidal variations are much more time consuming and require special equipment, the latter are used much less often in simple reactor studies. Even in the first two cases, one can obtain good experimental results only if the average residence time in the system is relatively long. 

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