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Contents







                              Preface ................................................................................................. xiii
                              Introduction ........................................................................................xvii

                              CHAPTER ONE
                              Reaction Mechanisms and Rate Expressions ................................ 11
                                Introduction 1
                                Typical Reaction Mechanisms 5
                                Reaction Mechanisms 8
                                Elementary and Non-Elementary Reactions 9
                                Types of Intermediate 10
                                The Arrhenius Equation and the Collision Theory 12
                                Transition State Theory 15
                                Chain Reactions 16
                                Catalytic Reactions 21
                                Guidelines to Formulating Reaction Mechanism 32
                                Testing Kinetic Models 34
                                Chain Length 37
                                References 58

                              CHAPTER TWO
                              Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions ....................................... 59
                                Introduction 59
                                Chemical Equilibrium 60
                                Criteria for Equilibrium 63
                                Reaction Equilibrium 64
                                Ideal Gas Mixtures 65
                                Real Gases—Ideal Gaseous Solutions 65
                                Real Gases 67
                                Liquid State 69
                                Determining the Fugacity and the Fugacity Coefficient 70
                                Partial Molar Quantities 72
                                Effect of Temperature on the Equilibrium Constant 74
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