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SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations
In this article we introduce the software SimKinet, a free tool specifically designed to solve systems of differential equations without any programming skill. The underlying method is the so-called Network Simulation Method, which designs and solves an electrical network equivalent to the mathemati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30849103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213302 |
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author | Caravaca, Manuel Sanchez-Andrada, Pilar Soto-Meca, Antonio |
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description | In this article we introduce the software SimKinet, a free tool specifically designed to solve systems of differential equations without any programming skill. The underlying method is the so-called Network Simulation Method, which designs and solves an electrical network equivalent to the mathematical problem. SimKinet is versatile, fast, presenting a real user-friendly interface, and can be employed for both educational and researching purposes. It is particularly useful in the first courses of different scientific degrees, mainly Chemistry and Physics, especially when facing non-analytic or complex-dynamics problems. Moreover, SimKinet would help students to understand fundamental concepts, being an opportunity to improve instruction in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and other Sciences courses, with no need of advanced knowledge in differential equations. The potency of SimKinet is demonstrated via two applications in chemical kinetics: the photochemical destruction of stratospheric ozone and the chaotic dynamics of the peroxidase-oxidase reaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-64077582019-03-17 SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations Caravaca, Manuel Sanchez-Andrada, Pilar Soto-Meca, Antonio PLoS One Research Article In this article we introduce the software SimKinet, a free tool specifically designed to solve systems of differential equations without any programming skill. The underlying method is the so-called Network Simulation Method, which designs and solves an electrical network equivalent to the mathematical problem. SimKinet is versatile, fast, presenting a real user-friendly interface, and can be employed for both educational and researching purposes. It is particularly useful in the first courses of different scientific degrees, mainly Chemistry and Physics, especially when facing non-analytic or complex-dynamics problems. Moreover, SimKinet would help students to understand fundamental concepts, being an opportunity to improve instruction in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and other Sciences courses, with no need of advanced knowledge in differential equations. The potency of SimKinet is demonstrated via two applications in chemical kinetics: the photochemical destruction of stratospheric ozone and the chaotic dynamics of the peroxidase-oxidase reaction. Public Library of Science 2019-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6407758/ /pubmed/30849103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213302 Text en © 2019 Caravaca et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Caravaca, Manuel Sanchez-Andrada, Pilar Soto-Meca, Antonio SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
title | SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
title_full | SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
title_fullStr | SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
title_full_unstemmed | SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
title_short | SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
title_sort | simkinet: a free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30849103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213302 |
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