Physical Chemistry

by Keith J. Laidler, John H. Meiser and Bryan C. Sanctuary.

Kinetics module

In addition to chapter 1, the topics covered in this module are:

9. Chemical Kinetics I. The Basic Ideas
10. Chemical Kinetics II. Composite Mechanisms

A screen shot of the consecutive reactions. This graph is interactive and pops up from the eBook. You can change the rate constants and adjust the axes to fit the state. It is easy to see the Steady State approximation. Voice overlays clearly explain the processes.

What's inside:

Detailed Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 9
Chemical Kinetics I. The Basic Ideas
9.1 Rates of Consumption and Formation
9.2 Rate of Reaction
9.3 Empirical Rate Equations

Order of Reaction Reactions; Having No Order Rate Constants; and Rate Coefficients.
9.4 Analysis of Kinetic Results

Method of Integration; Half-Life Differential Method; Reactions Having No Simple Order; Opposing Reactions.
9.5 Techniques for Very Fast Reactions

Flow Methods; Pulse Methods.
9.6 Molecular Kinetics

Molecularity and Order
9.7 The Arrhenius Equation

Activation Energy.
9.8 Potential-Energy Surfaces
9.9 The Preexponential Factor

Hard-Sphere Collision Theory; Transition-State Theory.
Biography: Henry Eyring
Quantum-Mechanical Tunneling; Kinetic-Isotope Effects.
9.10 Reactions in Solution

Influence of Solvent; Dielectric Constant; Influence of Ionic Strength; Influence of Hydrostatic Pressure; Diffusion-Controlled Reactions; Linear Gibbs Energy Relationships.
9.11 Reaction Dynamics

Molecular Beams; Chemiluminescence; Dynamical Calculations; The Detection of Transition Species.
Key Equations
Problems
Suggested Reading

Chapter 10
Chemical Kinetics II. Composite Mechanisms
10.1 Evidence for a Composite Mechanism
10.2 Types of Composite Reactions
10.3 Rate Equations for Composite Mechanisms

Consecutive Reactions; Steady-State Treatment; Rate-Controlling (Rate-Determining) Steps.
10.4 Rate Constants, Rate Coefficients, and Equilibrium Constants
10.5 Free-Radical Reactions

Chain Reactions; Organic Decompositions.
10.6 Photochemical Reactions

The Photochemical Hydrogen-Chlorine Reaction; The Photochemical Hydrogen-Bromine Reaction; Photosensitization Flash Photolysis.
10.7 Radiation-Chemical Reactions
10.8 Explosions

The Initiation of an Explosion; The Transmission of an Explosion; Detonations Explosion; Limits in Gaseous Explosions; Cool Flames.
10.9 Catalysis

Acid-Base Catalysis; Brønsted Relationships Enzyme Catalysis.
10.10 Reactions in Solution: Some Special Features

Collisions and Encounters.
10.11 Mechanisms of Polymerization in Macromolecules

Introduction Addition Polymers; Step-Growth Polymerization; Ionic Polymerizations; “Living” Polymers; Heterogeneous Polymerization Emulsion; Polymerization.
10.12 Kinetics of Polymerization

Free-Radical Polymerization; Condensation Polymerization.
10.13 Induction Periods, Oscillations, and Chaos

Clock Reactions; Oscillating Reactions; Cool Flames; The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction; Chaos in Chemical Reactions.
10.14 Electrochemical Dynamics

Kinetics of Electrode Reactions; Polarography Electrokinetic Effects: The Electric Double Layer; Electroosmosis ;Electrophoresis ;Reverse Isoelectric Effects.
Key Equations
Problems
Suggested Reading