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1 24 Rate Laws and Stoichiometry Chap. 3

CDP3-CB The elementary reaction A(g) + B(g) - C(g> takes place in a
square duct containing liquid B, which evaporates into the gas to react
with A. [2nd Ed. P3-20~1
cDp3-D~ Condensation occurs in the gas phase reaction
hv
CH4(g) + 2ClZk) > CH2C12(g90 + 2HCl(g)
[2nd Ed. P3-17B1
CDP3-EB Set up a stoichiometric Table for the reaction

C6HsCOCH + 2NH3 C6HSONHZ + NHZCI
[2nd Ed. P3-10B]

SUPPLEMENTARY READING

1. Two references relating to the discussion of activation energy have already been
cited in this chapter. Activation energy is usually discussed in terms of either col-
lision theory or transition-state theory. A concise and readable account of these
two theories can be found in

LAIDLER, K. J. Chemical Kinetics. New York Harper & Row, 1987, Chap. 3.
An expanded but still elementary presentation can be found in
GARDINER, W. C., Rates and Mechanism of Chemical Reactions. New York:
W. A. Benjamin, 1969, Chaps. 4 and 5.
MOORE, J. W., and R. G. FEARSON, Kinetics and Mechanism, 3rd ed. New York
Wiley, 1981, Chaps. 4 and 5.
A more advanced treatise of activation energies and collision and transition-state
theories is
BENSON, S. W., The Foundations of Chemical Kinetics. New York: McGraw-
Hill, 1960.
J.
J. I. STEINFELD, S. FRANCISCO, W. L. HASE, Chemical Kinetics ana' Dynam-
ics, Prentice Hall, New Jersey: 1989.
2. The books listed above also give the rate laws and activation energies for a number
of reactions; in addition, as mentioned earlier in this chapter, an extensive listing
of rate laws and activation energies can be found in NBS circulars:
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Tables of Chemical Kinetics: Homogeneous
Reactions. Circular 510, Sept. 28, 1951; Supplement 1, Nov. 14, 1956;
Supplement 2, Aug. 5, 1960; Supplement 3, Sept. 15, 1961. Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. Also consult the cumnt chemistry literature for the appropriate algebraic form of
the rate law for a given reaction. For example, check the Journal of Physical
Chemistry in addition to the journals listed in Section 4 of the Supplementary
Reading section in Chapter 4.