Inquilab (version 0.1.0)

first_order_kinetics: Calculate First Order Kinetics Parameters

Description

This function calculates the rate constant, half-life, and provides a summary of the first-order dissipation kinetics of pesticides, including the intercept, R^2 value, and statistical measures of the fitted model.

Usage

first_order_kinetics(t, c)

Value

A list containing the following components:

rate constant

The calculated rate constant for the first-order kinetics.

half life

The calculated half-life based on the rate constant.

summary

A summary object providing statistical measures of the fitted model, including the intercept, R^2 value, among others.

Arguments

t

Numeric vector, time points.

c

Numeric vector, concentrations corresponding to each time point.

Details

The function performs a logarithmic transformation on the concentration values to fit a linear model which corresponds to the first-order kinetics equation. A negative of the slope of this model gives the rate constant, and the half-life is calculated using the natural logarithm of 2 divided by the rate constant.

See Also

lm, for details on the linear models used within.

Examples

t <- c(0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25)
c <- c(100, 80, 60, 40, 20, 10)
first_order_kinetics(t, c)