WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Consecutive Exponential Decay

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k
a
1
k
a
k
b
1
A reaction
A
k
a
⟶
B
k
b
⟶
C
with rate constants
k
a
and
k
b
is shown; you can vary
k
a
and the ratio
k
a
k
b
. Plots are shown for the time-dependent concentrations that are solutions to the corresponding differential equations:
∂
t
a(t)=-
k
a
a(t)
∂
t
b(t)=
k
a
a(t)-
k
b
b(t)
∂
t
c(t)=
k
b
b(t)
More information on the solutions and special cases can be found in Details.