When in a chemical system one reaction accelerates another there is said to be chemical
induction or coupling. It is due to an intermediate or product of the inducing reaction
participating in the second reaction. Chemical induction is often observed in
oxidation–reduction reactions,
chain reactions, and biological reactions. Sometimes a reaction having
is induced by a simultaneous process having
.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 149
(A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC
Recommendations 1996))
on page 158
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