Physical and Chemical Kinetics

Description

Physical and Chemical Kinetics concludes the three-volume set of Physical Chemistry, Second Edition, by R. Stephen Berry, Stuart A. Rice, and John Ross (OUP 2000). With the same precision and efficiency as the other two volumes, Physical and Chemical Kinetics discusses the elements of physical and chemical kinetics and presents advanced discussions of unimolecular reactions, kinetics of photochemically induced reactions, chain reactions, nonlinear phenomena, fluctuations in chemical kinetics, symmetry rules for chemical reactions, catalysis, and the kinetics of electrode reactions. Up-to-date and thorough, this valuable reference provides the cutting-edge information and theory that today's students and researchers need to understand past scientific accomplishments as well as to make future contributions to the field of physical chemistry.

Table of Contents

Preface
PART III: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL KINETICS
27. Molecular Motion and Collisions
27.1. Kinematics
27.2. Forces and Potentials
27.3. Collision Dynamics
27.4. Types of Collisions
27.5. Scattering Cross Sections
27.6. Elastic Scattering of Hard Spheres
27.7. Elastic Scattering of Atoms
27.8. Quantum Mechanical Scattering
28. The Kinetic Theory of Gases
28.1. Distribution Functions
28.2. Collision Frequency in a Dilute Gas
28.3. The Evolution of Velocity Distributions in Time
28.4. The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
28.5. Collision Frequency for Hard-Sphere Molecules
28.6. Molecular Fluxes of Density, Momentum Density, and Energy Density
28.7. Effusion
28.8. Transport Properties of Gases
28.9. Energy Exchange Processes
28.10. Sound Propagation and Absorption
29. The Kinetic Theory of Dense Phases
29.1. Transport Properties in Dense Fluids
29.2. Some Basic Aspects of Brownian Motion
29.3. Stochastic Approach to Transport
29.4. Autocorrelation Functions and Transport Coefficients
29.5. Transport in Solids
29.6. Electrical Conductivity in Electrolyte Solutions
30. Chemical Kinetics
30.1. General Concepts of Kinetics
30.2. Interactions between Reactive Molecules
Vignette: Quantum Mechanical Computations of Potential Energy Hypersurfaces, by H.F. Schaefer III
30.3. Collisions between Reactive Molecules
Vignette: Femtochemistry--Reaction Dynamics with Atomic Resolution, by A.H. Zewail
30.4. Hard-Sphere Collision Theory: Reactive Cross Sections
30.5. Hard-Sphere Collision Theory: The Rate Coefficient
30.6. Activated-Complex Theory
Vignette: Present- Day View of Transition State Theory, by D.G. Truhlar
30.7. Activated-Complex Theory: Thermodynamic Interpretation
30.8. Theory of Reaction Kinetics in Solution
Vignette: Kramers' Theory of Reactions in Solutions, by M.O. Vlad and J. Ross
Vignette: Chemical Reactions in Condensed Phases, by P.G. Wolynes
30.9. Linear Free-Energy Relationships
30.10. Experimental Methods in Kinetics
30.11. Analysis of Data for Complex Reactions
30.12. Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions
30.13. Bimolecular Reactions
Vignette: Electron Transfer Reactions, by R.A. Marcus
30.14. Unimolecular Reactions
30.15. Termolecular Reactions
31. Some Advanced Topics in Chemical Kinetics
31.1. More about Unimolecular Reactions
31.2. Kinetics of Photochemically Induced Reactions
31.3. Chain Reactions
31.4. Nonlinear Phenomena
31.5. Fluctuations in Chemical Kinetics
31.6. Symmetry Rules for Chemical Reactions
31.7. Introduction to Catalysis
31.8. Enzyme Catalysis
31.9. Acid-Base Catalysis
31.10. Metal-Ion Complex and Other Types of Homogeneous Catalysis
31.11. Heterogeneous Reactions: Adsorption of Gas on a Surface
31.12. Heterogeneous Catalysis
31.13. Kinetics of Electrode Reactions (a Vignette by C.E.D. Chidsey)
Vignette: Applications of Physical Chemistry: A Biological Example, by B. Eisenberg
Appendices
I. Systems of Units
II. Partial Derivatives
III. Glossary of Symbols
IV. Searching the Scientific Literature
Index