What is Chain Reaction?
A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.
The main types of steps in chain reaction are of the following types.
1. Initiation (formation of active particles or chain carriers, often free radicals, in either a thermal or a photochemical step).
2. Propagation (may comprise several elementary steps in a cycle, where the active particle through reaction forms another active particle which continues the reaction chain by entering the next elementary step). In effect the active particle serves as a catalyst for the overall reaction of the propagation cycle.
3.Termination (elementary step in which the active particle loses its activity; e. g. by recombination of two free radicals).
The chain length is defined as the average number of times the propagation cycle is repeated, and equals the overall reaction rate divided by the initiation rate.
How to Calculate Concentration of Radical formed in Chain Reaction?
Concentration of Radical formed in Chain Reaction calculator uses Concentration of Radical given CR = (Reaction Rate Constant for Initiation Step*Concentration of Reactant A)/(Reaction Rate Constant for Propagation Step*(1-No. of Radicals Formed)*Concentration of Reactant A+Reaction Rate Constant for Termination Step) to calculate the Concentration of Radical given CR, The Concentration of Radical formed in Chain Reaction formula is defined as the general form in which one can find out the concentration of the an reactive intermediate (free radical) which the concentration of reactant, and the rate constants of the various reactions taking place at the initiation, propagation and termination steps of the chain reaction. Concentration of Radical given CR is denoted by [R]CR symbol.
How to calculate Concentration of Radical formed in Chain Reaction using this online calculator? To use this online calculator for Concentration of Radical formed in Chain Reaction, enter Reaction Rate Constant for Initiation Step (k1), Concentration of Reactant A ([A]), Reaction Rate Constant for Propagation Step (k2), No. of Radicals Formed (α) & Reaction Rate Constant for Termination Step (k3) and hit the calculate button. Here is how the Concentration of Radical formed in Chain Reaction calculation can be explained with given input values -> 0.08467 = (0.07*60500)/(1.1E-07*(1-2.5)*60500+0.06).