Fundamental Chemical Kinetics

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 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

Margaret R. Wright, University of St Andrews, UK

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.