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Fundamental law of chemical kinetics (the study of rates of chemical reactions), formulated in 1864 – 79 by the Norwegian scientists Cato M. Guldberg (1836 – 1902) and Peter Waage (1833 – 1900). The law states that the reaction rate of any simple chemical reaction is proportional to the product of the molar concentrations of the reacting substances, each raised to the power corresponding to the number of molecules of that substance in the reaction.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances


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Mass action may refer to:

  • Law of mass action, in chemistry, a postulate of reactions
  • Mass action (sociology), in sociology, a term for situations in which a large number of people behave simultaneously in similar ways individually and without coordination
  • Mass action (physics), in statistical physics, the proposition that a large number of small units acting randomly may compose a larger pattern
  • Mass Action Principle (neuroscience), in neuroscience, the belief that memory and learning are distributed and can't be isolated within any one area of the brain.
  • [[Mass tort], or mass action, in law, which is when plaintiffs form a group to sue a defendant (for similar alleged harms).

 
 

 

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