SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations

Caravaca, Manuel; Sánchez Andrada, Pilar; Soto Meca, Antonio

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SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations

dc.contributor.author	Caravaca, Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez Andrada, Pilar
dc.contributor.author	Soto Meca, Antonio
dc.contributor.department	Química Orgánica
dc.contributor.department	Department of Sciences and Computing, University Centre of Defence, Spanish Air Force Academy, Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia, Spain
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-30T08:54:51Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-30T08:54:51Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-08
dc.description	©2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in PLoS ONE. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/0213302
dc.description.abstract	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.	es
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dc.format.extent	21	es
dc.identifier.citation	Plos One, 14 (3), 2019, 1-21
dc.identifier.doi	10.1371/journal.pone.0213302
dc.identifier.issn	1932-6203
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/138090
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)	es
dc.relation	This work was supported by University Centre of Defence, Spanish Air Force Academy	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Cinética Química, Software, Física y Electrónica, Química Orgánica.	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213302	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
dc.subject	Differential Equations	es
dc.subject	Computer Sofware	es
dc.subject	Chemical Reactions	es
dc.subject	Electrical Circuits	es
dc.subject	Species Delimitation	es
dc.subject	Simulation and Modelling	es
dc.subject	Reaction Dynamics	es
dc.subject	User Interfaces	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::53 - Física::530.1 - Principios generales de la física	es
dc.title	SimKinet: A free educational tool based on an electrical analogy to solve chemical kinetic equations	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es