Physical and chemical kinetics.
- 2nd ed. /
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
- xiii, p. 804-1064. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Topics in physical chemistry .
Previous ed. published in 2 vols. Part 3 entitled Physical chemistry : Chichester : 1980.
1. Preface 2. Part iii: physical and chemical kinetics 3. 27. Molecular motion and collisions 4. 27.1. Kinematics 5. 27.2. Forces and potentials 6. 27.3. Collision dynamics 7. 27.4. Types of collisions 8. Rn 27.5 scattering cross sections 9. 27.6. Elastic scattering of hard spheres 10. 27.7. Elastic scattering of atoms 11. 27.8. Quantum mechanical scattering 12. 28. The kinetic theory of gases 13. 28.1. Distribution functions 14. 28.2. Collision frequency in a dilute gas 15. 28.3. The evolution of velocity distributions in time 16. 28.4. The maxwell-boltzmann distribution 17. 28.5. Collision frequency for hard-sphere molecules 18. 28.6. Molecular fluxes of density, momentum density, and energy density 19. 28.7. Effusion 20. 28.8. Transport properties of gases 21. 28.9. Energy exchange processes 22. 28.10. Sound propagation and absorption 23. 29. The kinetic theory of dense phases 24. 29.1. Transport properties in dense fluids 25. 29.2. Some basic aspects of brownian motion 26. 29.3. Stochastic approach to transport 27. 29.4. Autocorrelation functions and transport coefficients 28. 29.5. Transport in solids 29. 29.6. Electrical conductivity in electrolyte solutions 30. Chemical kinetics a. General concepts of kinetics b. Interactions between reactive molecules 31. Vignette: quantum mechanical computations of potential energy hypersurfaces, by h.f. Schaefer iii 32. 30.3. Collisions between reactive molecules 33. Vignette: femtochemistry--reaction dynamics with atomic resolution, by a.h. Zewail 34. 30.4. Hard-sphere collision theory: reactive cross sections 35. 30.5. Hard-sphere collision theory: the rate coefficient 36. 30.6. Activated-complex theory 37. Vignette: present- day view of transition state theory, by d.g. Truhlar 38. 30.7. Activated-complex theory: thermodynamic interpretation 39. 30.8. Theory of reaction kinetics in solution 40. Vignette: kramers' theory of reactions in solutions, by m.o. Vlad and j. Ross 41. Vignette: chemical reactions in condensed phases, by p.g. Wolynes 42. 30.9. Linear free-energy relationships 43. 30.10. Experimental methods in kinetics 44. 30.11. Analysis of data for complex reactions 45. 30.12. Mechanisms of chemical reactions 46. 30.13. Bimolecular reactions 47. Vignette: electron transfer reactions, by r.a. Marcus 48. 30.14. Uniomolecular reactions 49. 30.15. Termolecular reactions 50. 31. Some advanced topics in chemical kinetics 51. 31.1. More about unimolecular reactions 52. 31.2. Kinetics of photochemically induced reactions 53. 31.3. Chain reactions 54. 31.4. Nonlinear phenomena 55. 31.5. Fluctuations in chemical kinetics 56. 31.6. Symmetry rules for chemical reactions 57. 31.7. Introduction to catalysis 58. 31.8. Enzyme catalysis 59. 31.9. Acid-base catalysis 60. 31.10. Metal-ion complex and other types of homogeneous catalysis 61. 31.11. Heterogeneous reactions: adsorption of gas on a surface 62. 31.12. Heterogeneous catalysis 63. 31.13. Kinetics of electrode reactions (a vignette by c.e.d. Chidsey) 64. Vignette: applications of physical chemistry: a biological example, by b. Eisenberg 65. Appendices 66. Systems of units 67. Ii. Partial derivatives 68. Iii. Glossary of symbols 69. Iv. Searching the scientific literature 70. Index