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Reaction Networks Successive first-order reversible reactions are considered:

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The kinetic expressions, where represents the molar concentration, can be written:

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Adding the equations provides the differential mass balance:

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By setting the left-hand side of the differential equations equal to zero, the simultaneous linear algebraic equations can be solved to yield the steady state solutions.

With initial conditions on , , ,... , the simultaneous ordinary differential equations can be solved to yield the transient solution.