Unimolecular Reactions A Concise Introduction [Hardcover]

This graduate level textbook covers the basics necessary for the understanding of RRKM theory.The statistical theory of unimolecular reactions is now universally known as RRKM theory. This textbook covers the basics necessary for the understanding of RRKM theory in its original and variational, phase-space and angular momentum-conserved incarnations. The emphasis is on 'why' rather than 'how to', for which purpose there are numerous problems and answers to help probe the ramifications of the main text. The book is targeted at graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying chemical dynamics, chemical kinetics and theoretical chemistry.The statistical theory of unimolecular reactions is now universally known as RRKM theory. This textbook covers the basics necessary for the understanding of RRKM theory in its original and variational, phase-space and angular momentum-conserved incarnations. The emphasis is on 'why' rather than 'how to', for which purpose there are numerous problems and answers to help probe the ramifications of the main text. The book is targeted at graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying chemical dynamics, chemical kinetics and theoretical chemistry.This textbook covers the basics necessary for understanding the statistical theory of unimolecular reactions in its original and variational, phase-space and angular momentum-conserved incarnations. Because the emphasis is on why rather than how to , there are many problems and answers to explore further. The book is targeted at graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying chemical dynamics, chemical kinetics and theoretical chemistry.Introduction; 1. The RRK model; 2. Outline of the theory of Slater; 3. The RRKM rate constant; 4. Calculation of energy level densities; 5. Unimolecular reactions in a thermal system; 6. Non-classical effects near barrier maximum; 7. A variational transition state theory; 8. Unimolecular decomposition under a central potential; 9. Non-central ló›