| Preface Acknowledgements 1 THE EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK OF CHEMICAL KINETICS 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The rate equation 1.3 Integrated rate equations 1.4 Reaction half-life and mean lifetime 1.5 The determination of reaction order 1.6 Effect of temperature on reaction rates Suggested reading Problems 2 THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF REACTION KINETICS 2.1 Minimum requirements for the study of chemical kinetics 2.2 The evolution of techniques for monitoring reaction progress 2.3 The application of spectrophotometry to chemical kinetics 2.4 Electrical conductivity and dilatometry 2.5 Techniques for the gas phase 2.6 Modern experimental techniques 2.7 The evaluation of the rate constant Suggested reading Problems 3 REACTION MECHANISM AND REACTION ORDER 3.1 An elementary reaction and the molecularity 3.2 Consecutive reaction processes 3.3 Formation of an intermediate complex 3.4 The "third body" effect in atom recombination 3.5 Parallel reactions 3.6 Reactant participating in equilibria 3.7 Opposing reactions 3.8 Isotopic exchange reactions Suggested reading Problems 4 THEORIES OF BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS 4.1 The Collision Theory 4.2 Transition State Theory 4.3 The theory of diffusion-controlled reactions in solution Suggested reading Problems 5 THE INTERPRETATION OF BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS IN SOLUTION 5.1 Solvent effects on reaction rates 5.2 Applied hydrostatic pressure 5.3 Dielectric permittivity 5.4 Ionic strength 5.5 Linear free energy relationships 5.6 Kinetic isotope effects 5.7 Electron transfer reactions in solution Suggested reading Problems 6 UNIMOLECULAR GAS PHASE REACTIONS 6.1 The kinetic results 6.2 The Lindemann mechanism 6.3 The RRK (or Kassel) theory 6.4 The RRKM theory Suggested reading Problems 7 CHAIN REACTIONS 7.1 Linear chain reactions 7.2 Pyrolysis reactions involving chain mechanisms 7.3 Chain polymerisation: free radical processes 7.4 Chain polymerisation: ionic processes 7.5 Less simple linear chain reactions 7.6 Branching chains and explosion phenomena Suggested reading Problems 8 HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Chemisorption and the chemisorbed state 8.3 The Langmuir adsorption isotherm 8.4 Reactions on a catalyst surface 8.5 Catalytic exchange of alkanes with deuterium …… 9 HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS 10 RELAXATION AND OTHER ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 11 PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND RADIATION CHEMISTRY 12 REACTION DYNAMICS APPENDIX A APPENDIX B ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS NDEX IEDEX OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS |
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