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MUCH information on chemical kinetics has been accumulated in recent years. In many cases it is of high precision and of proved exactness, so that comparisons may be made with a fair degree of satisfaction of data presented for similar systems. Further, the exactness of some of the data makes it possible to use information obtained by different authors as a basis of further calculation. In view of these statements, it may be surprising to realize that the basic measurement in such studies, namely, the velocity or rate constant, lacks a logical and unique definition.
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ROBB, J. Formulation of the Velocity Constant in Chemical Kinetics. Nature 172, 1055–1056 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/1721055a0
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