Abstract
When observations are made upon a system undergoing change, the observer is commonly led to suspect that there are direct associations between certain of the variables in the system. Attempts to represent these associations quantitatively assist in the classification of the behavioural pattern of the system, and may lead to an interpretation of this behaviour in terms of a mathematical or physical model. In the case of a chemical kinetic system this model could correspond to a mechanism for the chemical change.
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Swinbourne, E.S. (1971). Observing change. In: Analysis of Kinetic Data. Studies in Modern Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7685-9_2
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