Chemical Equations in LaTeX?

[Reginald Smith]

Hi
Is there a way using LaTeX to place rate constants above the arrows in chemical
equations? Example:

k=rate const.
A + B -----------------> C

Replies by post or mail appreciated.

Thanks,

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[Giuseppe Bilotta]

The AMS LaTeX packages have an \xrightarrow[below the arrow]{over the arrow}
command; and then there are chemic-specific packages (like ppchTeX and chemic),
but I believe these are mainly oriented on typesetting other aspects of the
formulas.

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Reginald Smith <smi...@helix.nih.gov> wrote

[Michele Dondi]

On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 19:22:43 GMT, smi...@helix.nih.gov (Reginald
Smith) wrote:

>Is there a way using LaTeX to place rate constants above the arrows in chemical
>equations? Example:
>
> k=rate const.
> A + B -----------------> C

AMS-LaTeX provides extensible arrows. However, for similar tasks I use
Paul Taylor's diagrams, a light-weight diagram package. That's because
I often need more 'elaborate' arrows and it lets me customize them a
lot (and in any case I need it for 'real' diagrams).

Michele

[John Kitchin]

The following bit has worked for me. The first one has rate constants
above and below an equilibium arrow, the second equation only has one
above an arrow. I have since started using the chemsym package so
that i don't have to use \mathrm on the chemical symbols}

\usepackage{amsmath}
...

\begin{eqnarray}
\mathrm{CO(gas)} &\overset{k_1}{\underset{k_2}{\rightleftharpoons}}&
\mathrm{CO}^* \\

\mathrm{CO}^* +\mathrm{O}^* &\stackrel{k_3}{\rightarrow}&
\mathrm{CO_2} + Q_{heat}
\end{eqnarray}

On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 19:22:43 GMT, smi...@helix.nih.gov (Reginald
Smith) wrote:

[Charlie Zender]

>> Is there a way using LaTeX to place rate constants above the arrows in chemical
>> equations? Example:
>>
>> k=rate const.
>> A + B -----------------> C
>

Try Donald Arsenau's dchem.sty (look on CTAN)
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Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine CA 92697-3100

[Robin Fairbairns]

Charlie Zender <zen...@uci.edu> wrote:
>>> Is there a way using LaTeX to place rate constants above the
>>> arrows in chemical equations? Example:
>>>
>>> k=rate const.
>>> A + B -----------------> C
>
>Try Donald Arsenau's dchem.sty (look on CTAN)

it's not on ctan (being still in development).
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Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge