Reactions Valid Steady State Approximation

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In the following reaction,

The intermediate X is very reactive. In such case, the concentration of X does not build up significantly during the course of the reaction. This implies that,

k₁[A] [B] = k₂[X] [D] …… (37)

The basic assumption in steady-state approximation is that, the rate of change of the intermediate is almost zero,