Description
Book SynopsisChemical kinetics involves the rates at which chemical reactions occur and helps explain many natural and mechanical phenomena. For instance, kinetics explains how pharmaceuticals function in a biological system and how pollutants produced by combustion engines are converted for release into the atmosphere.
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Table of ContentsReview of Some Elementary Concepts.
Analysis of Rate Data.
Relationship Between Rates and Mechanisms.
Prediction of the Mechanisms of Reactions.
Review of Some Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.
Introduction to Reaction Rate Theory.
Reactions as Collisions.
Transition State Theory: The RRKM Model and Related Results.
Why Do Reactions Have Activation Barriers?
More About Activation Energies.
Introduction to Catalysis.
Solvents as Catalysts.
Catalysis by Metals.
