preequilibrium

adj

Etymology

From pre- + equilibrium.

Definitions

  1. Before equilibrium

  2. The initial stage of a chemical reaction when the different chemicals are beginning to…

    The initial stage of a chemical reaction when the different chemicals are beginning to interact but have not yet reached equilibrium.

    • The decomposition of peroxydisulfate to sulfate radical ions was taken to be a rapid preequilibrium, and was postulated to be followed by the rate-determining reaction of a sulfate radical ion with MG to produce a radical intermediate, I.
    • In cases involving multiple preequilibria (e.g., multiple substrates, induced conformational change), K.,, reveals little about each of these steps individually. In the case of allosteric interaction, characteristic kinetic behavior is...

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