
Fundamental Chemical Kinetics
An Explanatory Introduction to the Concepts
- 1st Edition - June 1, 1999
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Author: M R Wright
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 9 8 5 6 3 - 6 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 2 4 2 - 0 5 2 - 1
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… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThe 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. 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.
- A clear and explanatory account of one of the more difficult areas of physical chemistry
- Provides detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments
- Discusses energy transfer, molecular beam studies of reactive scattering and historical developments and modern kinetics, among other topics
Senior year undergraduate students and graduate students
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.
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 1, 1999
- No. of pages (Hardback): 310
- No. of pages (eBook): 310
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9781898563600
- eBook ISBN: 9781782420521
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M R Wright
Margaret R. Wright, University of St Andrews, UK
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