Wolfram
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Law of mass action?
Sorry it was some years ago that I worked with fundamental chemisty could you help me?
I have the follwing equation:
d[AR]/dt=k1([A]-[AR])([R]-[AR])-k2([AR])
It describes the change in concentration of a receptor (R) a agonsist a and a
receptor-agonist complex (AR). But how is it with the formal calculations?
If the expression k1([A]-[AR])([R]-[AR]) should result in a M^2 unit
how could this be substracted from k2([AR]) which is a M^1 unit?
Have I missed something?
Thank you for any help
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It has been some time for me also but I believe that any disparity in the units is provided for by the different units of the rate constants k1 and
k2.
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It should all work out to mol/s-1. In your derivation there should be a Mo (starting moles) and an M (moles at some differential time, t.
I'll give this some more attention (I have worked this out in the last year or so) tomorrow when I have had some rest (I have it on paper, but am too
tired to transcribe (or manually derive) it here).
Good night,
O3
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