Class 6
Conservation of Catalyst and Charge
Class 6 describes how the conservation of electric charge and catalytic centers impacts the generation of mechanistic rate expressions. Enzymes, homogeneous catalysts, and heterogeneous catalysts are defined.
Learning Outcomes
After completing Class 6 you should…
- Know
- the definition of an enzyme, homogeneous catalyst, heterogeneous catalyst, catalytic site, adsorption, desorption, and adsorbed species
- the defining equations for charge conservation, enzyme conservation, homogeneous catalyst conservation, heterogeneous catalytic site conservation, and surface coverage
- Understand
- when a mechanism involves charged reagents or a catalytic entity, a conservation equation must be used when generating a mechanistic rate expression
- when a conservation equation is used, the full set of Bodenstein steady-state approximations is not mathematically independent, and one approximation must be eliminated
- in a mechanism, any reagent that is charged or includes a catalytic entity should be treated like a reactive intermediate
- easily quantifiable concentrations of reagents that are not charged and do not include catalytic entities are acceptable in mechanistic rate expressions
- the total amount of a catalytic entity is acceptable in mechanistic rate expressions
- Be able to
- write conservation equations for charge or catalytic entities
- generate mechanistic rate expressions that do not include concentrations of charged reagents or reagents that include catalytic entities
Prepare
- Read Section 4.5 and Examples 4.8.3, 4.8.4, and 4.8.5 from Chapter 4 of REB, The Book
- Watch the Class 6 Preparation Video
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Practice
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