Physical and Chemical Kinetics

by Berry, R. Stephen; Rice, Stuart A.; Ross, John

• ISBN13: 9780195147506
• ISBN10: 0195147502
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 physicaland 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	ix
PART III: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL KINETICS	803	(244)
Molecular Motion and Collisions	805	(15)
Kinematics	805	(3)
Forces and Potentials	808	(1)
Collision Dynamics	809	(3)
Types of Collisions	812	(2)
Scattering Cross Sections	814	(3)
Elastic Scattering of Hard Spheres	817	(1)
Elastic Scattering of Atoms	817	(1)
Quantum Mechanical Scattering	818	(2)
The Kinetic Theory of Gases	820	(34)
Distribution Functions	820	(2)
Collision Frequency in a Dilute Gas	822	(1)
The Evolution of Velocity Distributions in Time	823	(3)
The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution	826	(3)
Collision Frequency for Hard-Sphere Molecules	829	(1)
Molecular Fluxes of Density, Momentum Density, and Energy Density	830	(3)
Effusion	833	(2)
Transport Properties of Gases	835	(5)
Energy Exchange Processes	840	(5)
Sound Propagation and Absorption	845	(9)
The Kinetic Theory of Dense Phases	854	(22)
Transport Properties in Dense Fluids	854	(2)
Some Basic Aspects of Brownian Motion	856	(4)
Stochastic Approach to Transport	860	(3)
Autocorrelation Functions and Transport Coefficients	863	(3)
Transport in Solids	866	(5)
Electrical Conductivity in Electrolyte Solutions	871	(5)
Chemical Kinetics	876	(82)
General Concepts of Kinetics	876	(6)
First-Order Reactions	878	(1)
Second-Order Reactions	878	(4)
Interactions between Reactive Molecules	882	(6)
Vignette: Quantum Mechanical Computations of Potential Energy Hypersurfaces	886	(2)
H. F. Schaefer III
Collisions between Reactive Molecules	888	(17)
Vignette: Femtochemistry---Reaction Dynamics with Atomic Resolution	896	(9)
A. H. Zewail
Hard-Sphere Collision Theory: Reactive Cross Sections	905	(1)
Hard-Sphere Collision Theory: The Rate Coefficient	906	(5)
Activated-Complex Theory	911	(5)
Vignette: Present-Day View of Transition State Theory	913	(3)
D. G. Truhlar
Activated-Complex Theory: Thermodynamic Interpretation	916	(3)
Theory of Reaction Kinetics in Solution	919	(9)
Vignete: Kramers' Theory of Reactions in Solutions	924	(2)
M. O. Vlad
J. Ross
Vignette: Chemical Reactions in Condensed Phases	926	(2)
P. G. Wolynes
Linear Free-Energy Relationships	928	(1)
Experimental Methods in Kinetics	929	(6)
Analysis of Data for Complex Reactions	935	(3)
Third-Order Reactions	935	(1)
Reversible Reactions	935	(1)
Simultaneous Reactions	936	(1)
Consecutive Reactions	937	(1)
Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions	938	(4)
Biomolecular Reactions	942	(6)
Vignette: Electron Transfer Reactions	945	(3)
R. A. Marcus
Unimolecular Reactions	948	(3)
Termolecular Reactions	951	(7)
Some Advanced Topics in Chemical Kinetics	958	(89)
More about Unimolecular Reactions	958	(3)
Kinetics of Photochemically Induced Reactions	961	(5)
Chain Reactions	966	(4)
Nonlinear Phenomena	970	(7)
Fluctuations in Chemical Kinetics	977	(2)
Symmetry Rules for Chemical Reactions	979	(4)
Introduction to Catalysis	983	(1)
Enzyme Catalysis	983	(3)
Acid-Base Catalysis	986	(2)
Metal-lon Complex and Other Types of Homogeneous Catalysis	988	(2)
Heterogeneous Reactions: Adsorption of Gas on a Surface	990	(3)
Heterogeneous Catalysis	993	(6)
Kinetics of Electrode Reactions (a Vignette by C. E. D. Chidsey)	999	(20)
Vignette: Applications of Physical Chemistry: A Biological Example	1011	(8)
B. Eisenberg
Appendices
Appendix I: Systems of Units	1019	(3)
Appendix II. Partial Derivations	1022	(3)
Appendix III: Glossary of Symbols	1025
Appendix IV: Searching the Scientific Literature	103	(944)
Index	1047