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  2. Strain rate - Wikipedia

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    In physics the strain rate is generally defined as the derivative of the strain with respect to time. Its precise definition depends on how strain is measured. The strain is the ratio of two lengths, so it is a dimensionless quantity (a number that does not depend on the choice of measurement units). Thus, strain rate has dimension of inverse ...

  3. Transition state theory - Wikipedia

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    Using the Eyring equation, there is a straightforward relationship between ΔG ‡, first-order rate constants, and reaction half-life at a given temperature. At 298 K, a reaction with Δ G ‡ = 23 kcal/mol has a rate constant of k ≈ 8.4 × 10 −5 s −1 and a half life of t 1/2 ≈ 2.3 hours, figures that are often rounded to k ~ 10 −4 s ...

  4. Rate equation - Wikipedia

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    Rate equation. In chemistry, the rate equation (also known as the rate law or empirical differential rate equation) is an empirical differential mathematical expression for the reaction rate of a given reaction in terms of concentrations of chemical species and constant parameters (normally rate coefficients and partial orders of reaction) only ...

  5. Hooke's law - Wikipedia

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    In physics, Hooke's law is an empirical law which states that the force (F) needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance (x) scales linearly with respect to that distance—that is, F s = kx, where k is a constant factor characteristic of the spring (i.e., its stiffness), and x is small compared to the total possible deformation of the spring.

  6. Reaction rate - Wikipedia

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    Iron rusting has a low reaction rate. This process is slow. Wood combustion has a high reaction rate. This process is fast. The reaction rate or rate of reaction is the speed at which a chemical reaction takes place, defined as proportional to the increase in the concentration of a product per unit time and to the decrease in the concentration of a reactant per unit time. [1]

  7. Strain (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The strain energy of cyclopropane and cyclobutane are 27.5 and 26.3 kcal mol −1, respectively. [1] Cyclopentane experiences much less strain, mainly due to torsional strain from eclipsed hydrogens: its preferred conformations interconvert by a process called pseudorotation. [4]: 14 Ring strain can be considerably higher in bicyclic systems.

  8. Enzyme kinetics - Wikipedia

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    Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of enzyme-catalysed chemical reactions. In enzyme kinetics, the reaction rate is measured and the effects of varying the conditions of the reaction are investigated. Studying an enzyme's kinetics in this way can reveal the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme, its role in metabolism, how its activity is ...

  9. Arrhenius equation - Wikipedia

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    In physical chemistry, the Arrhenius equation is a formula for the temperature dependence of reaction rates.The equation was proposed by Svante Arrhenius in 1889, based on the work of Dutch chemist Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff who had noted in 1884 that the van 't Hoff equation for the temperature dependence of equilibrium constants suggests such a formula for the rates of both forward and ...