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Biophysical Chemistry
By
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper
University of Glasgow, UK
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Volume
2
Paperback ISBN:
978-1-84973-081-5
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78262-510-0
Special Collection:
RSC eTextbook Collection
No. of Pages:
244
Published online:
09 Nov 2015
Published in print:
23 Feb 2011
Book Chapter
6: Kinetics
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Published:23 Feb 2011
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Special Collection: RSC eTextbook Collection
Page range:
139 - 159
Citation
Biophysical Chemistry, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011, vol. 2, pp. 139-159.
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Thermodynamics describes what should happen at equilibrium. Kinetics tells us how fast we are getting there. Living things are never at thermodynamic equilibrium: biology succeeds because of the very careful way in which the rates of biochemical processes are controlled.
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