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Reaction Quotient

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The status of a reversible reaction is conveniently assessed by evaluating its reaction quotient (Q). For a reversible reaction described by m A + n B ⇌ x C + y D, the reaction quotient is derived directly from the stoichiometry of the balanced equation as

Reaction Rate

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The rate of reaction is the change in the amount of a reactant or product per unit time. Reaction rates are therefore determined by measuring the time dependence of some property that can be related to reactant or product amounts. Rates of reactions that consume or produce gaseous substances, for example, are conveniently determined by measuring changes in volume or pressure.
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Takumi Kagawa¹, Akira Tazaki¹, Huadong Xu¹

¹Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Voluntary Body for International Healthcare in Universities, Nagoya, Japan.

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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