scholarly journals THE KINETICS OF SENESCENCE

1924 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Brody
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Growing Period ◽  
Exponential Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Constant Percentage

The course of decline of vitality with age due to the process of senescence, when not complicated by the process of growth, follows a simple exponential law; that is the degree of vitality or of senescence (defining vitality as the reciprocal of senescence) at any moment is, regardless of age, a constant percentage of the degree of vitality or senescence of the preceding moment. This exponential law is the same as the law of monomolecular change in chemistry. During the actively growing period of life the index of vitality rises, due to the process of growth and the course of vitality in the case when the growing period is included in the vitality curve, follows a rising and falling course. This rising and falling course may often be represented by an equation containing two exponential terms which is practically the equation used to represent the course of accumulation and disappearance of a substance as the result of two simultaneous consecutive monomolecular chemical reactions.

scholarly journals THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE DAIRY COW

1924 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-336
Author(s):  
Samuel Brody ◽  
Arthur C. Ragsdale
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cow ◽  
Chemical Process ◽  
Exponential Law ◽  
Rate Of Growth ◽  
Linear Dimensions ◽  
Constant Rate ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Given ◽  
Cyclic Phenomena ◽  
Constant Percentage

Barring fluctuations due to the cyclic phenomena, the extrauterine course of growth in linear dimensions and in weight of the dairy cow follows an exponential law having the same form as the law representing the course of monomolecular change in chemistry. This suggests the interpretation that the general course of growth is limited by a monomolecular chemical process, and that the cyclic phenomena are due to subsidiary processes in the fundamentally exponential course of growth. The fact that growth follows or tends to follow an exponential course may be stated more simply as follows: if the unit of time is taken sufficiently large so that fluctuations due to the cyclic phenomena are balanced or eliminated, then the amount of growth made during the given unit of time at any age tends to be a constant percentage of the growth made during the preceding unit of time. Thus, the growth in height at withers made during any year is about 34 per cent of the growth made during the preceding year. Similarly the growth in weight made during any year is about 56 per cent of the growth in weight made during the preceding year. This is in accordance with expectations if it is assumed that each animal begins life with a definite endowment of limiting substance necessary for the process of growth, and that this endowment is used up at a constant rate (or percentage) of itself.

scholarly journals THE RATE OF SENESCENCE OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL AS MEASURED BY THE DECLINE IN EGG PRODUCTION WITH AGE

1923 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Brody ◽  
Earl W. Henderson ◽  
H. L. Kempster
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Domestic Fowl ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Physicochemical Process ◽  
Exponential Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constant Percentage

Data are presented showing that the course of decline of egg production with age in the domestic fowl from the time laying begins up to and including 8 years follows an exponential law, that is, each year's egg production is a constant percentage of the preceding year's production (88 per cent in the group of fowl studied). Since the exponential law is the same as the law of monomolecular change in chemistry, and since the course of egg production with age may be taken as an index of the course of senescence of organs, or tissues limiting egg production, it is suggested that this exponential law of egg production substantiates the idea that senescence is a physicochemical process the course of which is limited by a chemical reaction. It is shown that the exhaustion of the oocytes is not likely to be the factor limiting the course of egg production.

New highly efficient coulometric cell with homogenous potential distribution on the working electrode

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-642
Author(s):  
Michal Németh ◽  
Ján Mocák
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Potential Distribution ◽  
Anaerobic Conditions ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Working Electrode ◽  
Constant Potential ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Mechanism And Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of

A highly efficient coulometric cell was designed and constructed, ensuring a constant potential over the whole surface of the working electrode and suitable for very rapid electrolysis. It consists of concentric cylindrical Teflon parts; also the working and auxiliary electrodes are cylindrical and concentric. Electrolysis can be carried out under anaerobic conditions. Functioning of the cell was tested on the oxidation of hexacyanoferrate(II) and chlorpromazine and reduction of hexacyanoferrate(III). The new cell is suitable for routine quantitative analyses and in studying the mechanism and kinetics of moderately rapid chemical reactions.

Kinetics of homogeneous chemical reactions

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris S. Bokstein ◽  
Mikhail I. Mendelev ◽  
David J. Srolovitz
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Kinetic Process ◽  
Chemical Reaction Kinetics ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Homogeneous Chemical ◽  
Parallel Reactions ◽  
Diffusive Processes ◽  
Kinetics Of

Kinetics considers the rates of different processes. Chemical kinetics refers to the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and mass transfer (diffusion). Recall that since thermodynamic equilibrium implies that the rates of all processes are zero, time is not a thermodynamic variable. Rather, time is the new parameter introduced by the consideration of kinetic processes. The rate of a kinetic process and how it depends on time is determined, in part, by the degree of the deviation from equilibrium. If the deviation from equilibrium is small, the rate decreases (without changing sign) as the system approaches equilibrium. If the deviation from equilibrium is large, the situation is more complicated. For example, non-monotonic (including oscillatory) processes are possible. The sign of the rate can change during such processes; that is, the reaction can proceed in one direction and then the other. Additionally, if the deviation from equilibrium is large, small changes to the system can produce very large changes in the rate of the kinetic process (i.e. chaos). Non-equilibrium, yet nearly stationary states of the system can arise (i.e. states that exist for a very long time). Finally, if the deviation from equilibrium is very large, the system can explode (i.e. the process continues to accelerate with time). In this chapter, we develop a formal description of the kinetics of rather simple chemical reactions. Consecutive and parallel reactions will also be considered here. A more general approach (irreversible thermodynamics) will be considered in Chapter 9. In Chapter 10, we examine diffusive processes. Then, in Chapter 11, we consider the kinetics of heterogeneous processes. In order to start the study of chemical reaction kinetics, we must first define what we mean by the rate of reaction. Consider the following homogeneous reaction: . . . Cl2 + 2NO → 2NOCl. (8.1) . . .

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