Mathematical properties common in all mechanism models of chemical reactions (Q1107475)
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Mathematical properties common in all mechanism models of chemical reactions (English)
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1988
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The different concepts of ``mechanism of a chemical reaction'' used in literature are studied from a purely formal point of view. A unifying general definition of reaction mechanism based on the terms ontological status r and abstractness level a of the reaction is introduced which gives rise to a structure constituting a model of a set of axioms. The common characteristics of all these sets of axioms independent from r and a (attributes which can be assigned to every model of mechanism) form a structure for which a formal deductive theory is specified and a topological representation is given.
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axiomatic model
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common attributes
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skeleton concept
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mechanism of a chemical reaction
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unifying general definition of reaction mechanism
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ontological status
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abstractness level
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formal deductive theory
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topological representation
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