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4. EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY CONVERSION
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- PREFACE vii
- CONTENTS xi
- 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1
- 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF EQUILIBRIUM AND NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS 5
- 3. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FLOWS AND FORCES: THE KEDEM-KATCHALSKY EQUATIONS 24
- 4. EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY CONVERSION 54
- 5. THE DIAGRAM METHOD 74
- 6. POSSIBLE CONDITIONS FOR LINEARITY AND SYMMETRY OF COUPLED PROCESSES FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM 96
- 7. ENERGETICS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT: THEORY 132
- 8. ENERGETICS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 168
- 9. KINETICS OF ISOTOPE FLOWS: BACKGROUND AND THEORY 215
- 10. KINETICS OF ISOTOPE FLOWS: MECHANISMS OF ISOTOPE INTERACTION 246
- 11. KINETICS OF ISOTOPE FLOWS: TESTS AND APPLICATIONS OF THERMODYNAMIC FORMULATION 274
- 12. MUSCULAR CONTRACTION 301
- 13. ENERGY COUPLING IN MITOCHONDRIA, CHLOROPLASTS, AND HALOPHILIC BACTERIA 348
- AFTERWORD 389
- LIST OF SYMBOLS A 393
- NOTES 401
- REFERENCES 413
- INDEX 425
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- PREFACE vii
- CONTENTS xi
- 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1
- 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF EQUILIBRIUM AND NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS 5
- 3. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FLOWS AND FORCES: THE KEDEM-KATCHALSKY EQUATIONS 24
- 4. EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY CONVERSION 54
- 5. THE DIAGRAM METHOD 74
- 6. POSSIBLE CONDITIONS FOR LINEARITY AND SYMMETRY OF COUPLED PROCESSES FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM 96
- 7. ENERGETICS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT: THEORY 132
- 8. ENERGETICS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 168
- 9. KINETICS OF ISOTOPE FLOWS: BACKGROUND AND THEORY 215
- 10. KINETICS OF ISOTOPE FLOWS: MECHANISMS OF ISOTOPE INTERACTION 246
- 11. KINETICS OF ISOTOPE FLOWS: TESTS AND APPLICATIONS OF THERMODYNAMIC FORMULATION 274
- 12. MUSCULAR CONTRACTION 301
- 13. ENERGY COUPLING IN MITOCHONDRIA, CHLOROPLASTS, AND HALOPHILIC BACTERIA 348
- AFTERWORD 389
- LIST OF SYMBOLS A 393
- NOTES 401
- REFERENCES 413
- INDEX 425