Figure 3 (page 3):

First-order, irreversible kinetics in a batch reactor, log scale.

Code for Figure 3

Text of the GNU GPL.

main.m

clear('all'); close('all');
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npts  = 100;
xplot = linspace(0,5,npts)';
yplot = [exp(-0.5*xplot), exp(-xplot), exp(-2*xplot), exp(-5*xplot)];
table = [xplot, yplot];

save -ascii kca_log.dat table;

axis ([0, 5, 1e-3, 1]);
semilogy (xplot, yplot)
title ('Figure 3')