Front Cover; Introduction to Chemical Kinetics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1. THE NATURE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS; Chapter 2. HOW KINETIC RESULTS ARE EXPRESSED; 2.1 Reaction Rates; 2.2 Classification of Chemical Reactions; 2.3 Reaction Order; 2.4 Thermodynamic Consistency of Rate Laws; 2.5 Reaction Rates as Differential Quantities; 2.6 First-Order Reactions; 2.7 Second-Order Reactions; 2.8 Effects of Volume Changes; 2.9 Generalized Empirical Rate Laws; 2.10 Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rates; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; PROBLEMS. Chapter 3. PREDICTION OF REACTION RATES3.1 Collision Theory of Reaction Rates; 3.2 Introduction to Activated Complex Theory; 3.3 Partition Functions and the Equilibrium Constant; 3.4 Calculation of Partition Functions; 3.5 Derivation of the Activated Complex Theory; 3.6 A Sample ACT Calculation; 3.7 Estimation of Activation Energies; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; PROBLEMS; Chapter 4. SOME TYPICAL GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; 4.1 The Variable Reaction Order of Unimolecular Reactions; 4.2 Free Radicals in Gaseous Reactions; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; PROBLEMS; Chapter 5. CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN SOLUTION. 5.1 Comparison of Gas-Phase and Solution Reactions5.2 Activated Complex Theory for Liquids; 5.3 Further Application of ACT to Ionic Reactions; 5.4 Linear Free Energy Relationships; 5.5 Diffusion-Controlled Reactions; 5.6 Reactions Catalyzed by Enzymes; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; PROBLEMS; Chapter 6. REACTIONS IN SOLIDS AND HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; 6.1 Oxidation of Metal Surfaces; 6.2 Catalysis of Reactions by Solids; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; PROBLEMS; Chapter 7. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; 7.1 Static Methods for Slow Reactions; 7.2 Static Methods for Fast Reactions. 7.3 Flow Methods for Slow Reactions7.4 Flow Methods for Fast Reactions; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; PROBLEMS; APPENDIX SOME IMPORTANT THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS; Answers to Selected Problems; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.
Introduction to Chemical Kinetics is a compilation of lecture notes of the author about principles, concepts, and theories in chemical kinetics. The book tackles the nature of chemical kinetics, reaction rates and order, and thermodynamic consistency of rate laws. The effects of temperature on kinetics, prediction of reaction rates, gas-phase reactions, and controlled reactions are also discussed. The text also explains the reactions catalyzed by enzymes; reactions in solids and heterogenous systems; oxidation of metals; catalysis of reactions by solids; and methods for different reaction rate.