Determination of chemical kinetics for multiple reaction systems

Abstract

AbstractA technique is presented for the determination of chemical kinetics of multiple reaction systems from differential reaction rate data. All rate constants, activation energies, and reaction orders of the system are simultaneously fitted to all the data, using the methods of linear and nonlinear least squares. A desk calculator is practicable for systems involving ten or fewer unknown kinetic parameters. The method is especially useful for reversible reactions, since there has been no simple technique for the joint measurement of parameters of the forward and reverse reactions. The calculation is illustrated with a numerical example.