Chemical flux

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001946",
  "term": "Chemical flux",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A kinetic quantity giving the rate at which one reaction step converts material in one direction only, such as the forward step of a reversible reaction, expressed as a change of concentration per unit time. The net rate of change of a species is the sum of the fluxes forming it minus the sum of the fluxes removing it. At dynamic equilibrium the flux into a species equals the flux out of it, so concentrations stay constant although both fluxes are nonzero.",
  "synonyms": [
    "total chemiflux"
  ],
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "amount of substance",
    "chemical equilibrium",
    "order of reaction",
    "rate of reaction",
    "rate-determining step",
    "steady state"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1095 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/chemical-flux/"
}