Fundamental Chemical Kinetics

Informationen zum Autor Margaret R. Wright , University of St Andrews, UK Klappentext The unusual approach of this text gives final honors and post-graduate students a clear and explanatory account of one of the "harder" areas of physical chemistry. The author takes care to provide detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments. Her explanations are an essential and vital feature of the text, which is scholarly, lucid and well-written with a combination of depth of coverage and clarity which helps students to work through on their own. Zusammenfassung The unusual approach of this text gives final honours and post-graduate students a clear and explanatory account of one of the "harder" areas of physical chemistry. The author takes care to provide detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Historical developments and modern kinetics; Basic transition state theory; Advanced transition state theory; Basic unimolecular theory; Advanced unimolecular theory; Potential energy surfaces; Simple and modified collision theory; State to state kinetics in energy transfer and reaction; Energy transfer; Molecular beam studies of reactive scattering.

Autorentext

Margaret R. Wright, University of St Andrews, UK

Klappentext

The unusual approach of this text gives final honors and post-graduate students a clear and explanatory account of one of the "harder" areas of physical chemistry. The author takes care to provide detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments. Her explanations are an essential and vital feature of the text, which is scholarly, lucid and well-written with a combination of depth of coverage and clarity which helps students to work through on their own.

Zusammenfassung
The unusual approach of this text gives final honours and post-graduate students a clear and explanatory account of one of the "harder" areas of physical chemistry. The author takes care to provide detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments.

Inhalt

Introduction: Historical developments and modern kinetics; Basic transition state theory; Advanced transition state theory; Basic unimolecular theory; Advanced unimolecular theory; Potential energy surfaces; Simple and modified collision theory; State to state kinetics in energy transfer and reaction; Energy transfer; Molecular beam studies of reactive scattering.