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number of ATP in reactant i (can be positive or or more species and one or more reactants
negative) (J K-')
number of magnesium atoms in a molecule of ,j change in entropy in a change of state of a system
number of oxygen molecules bound in i (J K-' mol-l)
matrix of numbers of specified components in the molar entropy of species,j (J K-' mol- I)
N, species (C x N,) molar transformed entropy of reactant i (J K
average number of hydrogen atoms bound by a mol- ')
molecule of i standard molar entropy of species j (J K ~
average number of magnesium atoms bound by a mol ')
molecule of i standard molar transformed entropy of reactant i (J
rate of change of n,(ATP) with respect to the K-' mo1-l)
amount of pseudoisomer group i reaction entropy (J K ' mol- I)
change in binding of hydrogen ions in a standard reaction entropy (J K-' mol-')
biochemical reaction at specified 7: P, ionic strength standard entropy of formation of species j (J K ~
and concentrations of one or more species mol- ')
change in the binding of magnesium ions in a transformed reaction entropy (J K- ' mol- I)
biochemical reaction at specified 7; P, pH, and ionic standard transformed reaction entropy (J K
strength mol-')
number of different kinds of phases in a system standard transformed entropy of formation of
')
pressure (bar) species j (J K-l mol~-
partial pressure of i (bar) stoichiometric number of step i
standard state pressure (I bar) pathway matrix (R x 1)
binding polynomial (partition function) temperature (K)
intensive variable in Callen's nomenclature Celsius temperature (, C)
(varies) internal energy (J)
dipole moment of the system (C m) transformed internal energy (J)
magnitude of the dipole moment of the system (C Callen's nomenclature for the transformcd internal
ni 1 energy that has intensive variable Pi as a natural
-log[tr(H')) variable (J)
-log[H+] at specified 7: P. and ionic strength volume (m3)
-1og[MgZt] at specified 7; P, and ionic strength molar volume (m3 mol-')
-log K for the dissociation of an acid at specified reaction volume (m3 mo1-l)
7: P, and ionic strength work done on a system (J)
heat flow into a system(J) mole fraction of i
amount of charge transferred across the center of a extensive variable in Callen's nomenclature (varies)
membrane (C) fractional saturation
canonical ensemble partition function charge number of ion ,j
electric charge contributed to a phase by species i Debye-Hckel constant (1.17582 kg' ' mol- ' ' at
(C) 298.15 K)
reaction quotient at T and P l/kT in statistical mechanics (J)
reaction quotient at specified 7; P, pH, pMg, and activity coefficient of species i
ionic strength surface tension (N ni I)
distance from the axis of rotation (m) isothermal-isobaric partition function
mole fraction of isomer i within an isomer group or semigrand partition function
pseudoisomer i within a pseudoisomer group semigrand partition function at a specified pH
gas constant (8.31451 J K-' mol-') semigrand partition function at a specified pH and
number of independent reactions in a system specified concentrations of coenzymes
described in terms of species chemical potential of speciesj at specified 7: P, and
number of independent reactions in a system ionic strength (J mol-')
described in terms of reactants (sums of set of chemical potentials (J niol-I)
species) transformed chemical potential of reactant i at
number of independent reactions in a system specified 7: P, ionic strength, and concentrations of
described in terms of pseudoisomer groups of one or more species (J rno1-I)
reactants further transformed chemical potential of
number of special constraints in the phase rule pseudoisomer group i at specified 7; P. ionic
entropy of a system at specified 7; P, and ionic strength, and concentrations of one or more specics
strength (J K- I) and one or more reactants (J mol-I)
transformed entropy of a system at specified 7; P, standard chemical potential of species i at specified
ionic strength, and concentrations of one or 7; P, and ionic strength (J mol-')
more species (J K I) standard chemical potential of species i (J mol-')
further transformed entropy of a system at specified standard transformed chemical potential of
7: P, ionic strength, and concentrations of onc reactant i (J mol-')