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Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Examples of multiple chemical equilibria are considered, illustrating
responses of systems which cannot be treated by direct application of
the Le Chatelier principle. In order to rationalize these unusual resp
onses, a general treatment of sensitivity coefficients of complex chem
ical equilibria, both in the gas phase and in solution, is elaborated.
The sensitivity coefficients may be given as sums of contributions co
ming from certain well defined reactions, which we name response react
ions. The concept of response reactions enables us to give the sensiti
vity coefficients a clear chemical meaning and to arrive at a simple a
nd efficient algorithm for the analysis of the sensitivity of complex
chemical equilibria.