THE DETAILED BALANCE PRINCIPLE IN MATRIX KINETICS

The method to derive the rate matrix K of a chemical reaction in a dir ect and straightforward way is here completed with the introduction of a new rule due to the application of the detailed balance principle. This principle let us discover a further characteristic of the rate ma trices for cyclic reactions, a characteristic that can be used both to check the validity of the rate matrix and to improve the mechanical m ethod used to derive the structure of these matrices in a straightforw ard way.