Preequilibrium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Preequilibrium is an adjective meaning Before equilibrium.
Meaning
Before equilibrium.
More Meanings
- The initial stage of a chemical reaction when the different chemicals are beginning to interact but have not yet reached equilibrium.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- pre-equilibrium
- preequilibria
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preequilibration, preequilibrated, preclimax, prebottleneck, predisturbance, preperturbation.
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