Developing the Chemist’s Inner Coder: A MATLAB Tutorial on the Stochastic Simulation of a Pseudo-First-Order Reaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1476-1480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan A. E. Fisher
1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 215-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fritz Thümmler ◽  
Peter Eilfeld ◽  
Wolfhart Rüdiger ◽  
Doo-Khil Moon ◽  
Pill-Soon Song

The reactivity of the phytochrome chromophore and related tetrapyrroles towards ozone and tetranitromethane was investigated. Both oxidizing reagents cause bleaching of the main absorp­tion band of the pigment. The rate constants for this bleaching were determined under conditions of pseudo first order reaction kinetics. The rate constants for the reaction with ozone are similar for native phytochrome and for freely accessible tetrapyrroles (biliverdin, small chromopeptides from phytochrome) indicating that accessibility is not the limiting factor for the reaction with ozone. Under a variety of conditions, the Pfr chromophore reacts by about 10% faster than the Pr chromophore. This may reflect the true difference in reactivity. The rate constants for the reaction with tetranitromethane are much larger for biliverdin, bilirubin and small chromopeptides from phytochrome than for native phytochrome. The limiting factor for this reaction in native phytochrome therefore is the accessibility of the chromophore by the reagent. Previous conclusions on the difference in exposure of the tetrapyrrole chromophore in Pr and Pfr are confirmed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 275 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Chin Tsai ◽  
Tsing-Hai Wang ◽  
Yuan-Yaw Wei ◽  
Wen-Chun Yeh ◽  
Yi-Lin Jan ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceyda Senem Uyguner ◽  
Miray Bekbolet

The current study was conducted to investigate the photocatalytic degradation kinetics of humic acid at different light intensities using commercialTiO2powders. The pseudo first order kinetic model and Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) rate equation in modified forms were used to compare the photocatalytic activities ofTiO2materials as a function of light intensity. Under constant irradiation conditions, the pseudo first order reaction rates as well as L-H rates were found to be decreasing in the following trend; Degussa P-25, Millennium PC-500 and Millennium PC-100. The pseudo first order rate constants showed the same decreasing trend as the pseudo first order reaction rates while L-H rate constants exhibited a light intensity related change in the ordering of the photocatalysts. At the lowest light intensity, L-H rate constants decreased as follows: Millennium PC-500>Millennium PC-100>Degussa P-25. However, increasing the light intensity changed the order to; Millennium PC-100>Millennium PC-500>Degussa P-25 revealing the significance of the L-H adsorption constant. Under constant irradiation conditions, ionic strength dependent changes in the structure of humic acid did not alter degradation efficiency trend of the photocatalyst specimens and they were ordered such as; Degussa P-25>Millennium PC-500>Hombikat UV-100>Millennium PC-100 > Merck. The results presented in this research also confirmed the effectiveness of Degussa P-25 as a photocatalyst for the degradation of humic acid.


2014 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 6-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Aathithya ◽  
J. Rajani Sowparnika ◽  
V. Balakrishnan

Biosorption is an attractive technology which is used for the sorption of substances by a biomaterial. In this present work the heavy metal chromium was subjected to biosorption because of their non-degradability nature and causes water and land pollution. Cherry leaves were used as a biomaterial for the biosorption. Kinetic studies were performed for the biosorption experiment. From the experiment it was found that the reaction follows pseudo first order reaction because of the larger value of regression coefficient R2 and lower value of standard errors (χ2) for pseudo first order reaction than second order reaction.


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