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Why Michaelis Menten Assumption of equilibrium is necessary to integrate rate of ES production
I read in my textbook that the assumptions of equilibrium and of steady state used by Michaelis and Menten were simplifying assumptions intended to make the following equation one that can be ...
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Does real-world gas phase chemistry use "concentration reaction quotients" (K_c)?
As a theoretical chemist, my entire exposure to reaction quotients and equilibrium constants ($Q$ and $K$) is through thermodynamics ($\Delta G^\ominus = - RT \ln K_{eq}$ and so on).
So as I started ...
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Problem understanding the rate of reaction of reversible reactions
Case 1:
$$\ce{CH_3COOH + NaOH<=>CH_3COONa + H_2O}$$
At equilibrium, there remain extremely small concentrations of the reactants (acetic acid and sodium hydroxide), and comparatively large ...
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Deriving kinetic equations for reversible reactions
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Given the reaction $\ce{A <=>[$k_\mathrm f$][$k_\mathrm b$] B}$ with rate constants $k_\mathrm f = \pu{4E-2 s-1}$ and $k_\mathrm b = \pu{10^{-2} s-1}$. Initially, $\pu{2 mol}$ of $\ce{A}...
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How is the equilibrium expression (law of mass action) related to the rate law? [duplicate]
Every chemistry textbook I've read will have a chapter on the rate law. It will say something like, given a reaction $a\text{A} + b\text{B} \rightarrow c\text{C} + d\text{D}$, the rate law (for the ...
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