coupled reaction
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coupled reaction
[′kəp·əld rē′ak·shən] (chemistry)
A reaction which involves two oxidants with a single reductant, where one reaction taken alone would be thermodynamically unfavorable.
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coupled reactions in living organisms are similar to man-made systems in that a certain degree of dissipation of maximal work, which can be regarded as a cost, is indispensably associated with power generation.
Shuler, "Study of the sensitivity of
coupled reaction systems to uncertainties in rate coefficients.
The Beckman lactate method is based on a lactate oxidase/peroxidase
coupled reaction with endpoint determination.
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