Edited by
Nicholas Green, King's College London, London, U.K.
Description
Unimolecular reactions are in principle the simplest chemical reactions, because they only involve one molecule. The basic mechanism,
in which the competition between the chemical reaction step and a collisional deactivation leads to a pressure-dependent coefficient,
has been understood for a long time. However, this is a rapidly developing field, and many new and important discoveries have been made
in the past decade.
This First Part Part of Two CCK Volumes dealing with Unimolecular Rections, deals with the Reaction Step. The
first chapter is an introduction to the whole project, aiming to cover the material necessary to understand the content of the detailed
chapters, as well as the history of the development of the area. Chapter 2 is a review of the modern view of the statistical theories,
as embodied in the various forms of RRKM theory. Chapter 3 deals with the fully quantum mechanical view of reactive states as resonances.
Included in series
Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics
Audience:
For advanced students, researchers and professionals with an interest in chemical kinetics and working in industry, university and government institutions.
