CHM622A - Chemical Kinetics
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Phenomenological kinetics: Simple and complex systems including opposing, concurrent and consecutive reactions
Rate law and mechanism, relation with thermodynamics
Precision in rate measurement, data analysis
Special experimental methods including flash photolysis, shock tube, molecular beam and relaxation techniques
Oscillatory reactions
Theories of reaction rates: bimolecular reactions, rate coefficient, activation energy, potential energy surfaces, trajectory methods and transition state theory. Unimolecular and termolecular reactions
Applications: photochemistry, solution kinetics, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and enzyme kinetics
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Books and References
K. J.Laidler, Chemical Kinetics, 3rd Ed. Harper & Row, New York, 1987
R. D. Levine and R. B. Bernstein, Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1987
J. I. Steinfeld, J. S. Francisco, W. L. Hase, Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, NJ 1999.