the law that the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the concentrations of the reactants
law of mass action in American English
noun
Chemistry
the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of thereacting substances
Also called: mass action law
Examples of 'law of mass action' in a sentence
law of mass action
This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the law of mass action.
Eberhard O Voit, Harald A Martens, Stig W Omholt 2015, '150 years of the mass action law.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4288704?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Equilibrium constants were calculated on the basis of the law of mass action.
Vladimir N. Zaitsev, Viktoria D. Oleynik 1999, 'Peculiarities of the Protonation Reaction in the Interfacial Layer of a Silica ContainingCovalently Bonded -Methylaminopropyl Groups', Adsorption Science & Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/026361749901700107. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A model based on the law of mass action predicts, and experiments support, the existence of an optimal binding affinity.
Lykke Pedersen, Peter H Hagedorn, Marie Wickström Lindholm, Morten Lindow 2014, 'A Kinetic Model Explains Why Shorter and Less Affine Enzyme-recruiting OligonucleotidesCan Be More Potent', Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acidshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2162253116302852. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Rate constants of the law of mass action are found experimentally to change from oneset of conditions to another.
Eisenberg Robert S. 2016, 'Mass Action and Conservation of Current', Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistryhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hjic.2016.44.issue-1/hjic-2016-0001/hjic-2016-0001.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)