ON THE THEORY OF RATES OF DISSOCIATION AND RECOMBINATION OF DIATOMIC MOLECULES,

Abstract

This work was mainly concerned with two problems in the theory of dissociation and recombination of diatomic molecules. The first problem was to make a quantitative statement of the conditions under which it is valid to say that k sub d/k sub r = k sub d where k sub d and k sub r are the rate constants for far from equilibrium dissociation and recombination and k sub d is the thermodynamic equilibrium constant for the reaction. The second problem was to determine the effect on k sub d of the variation of transition probabilities and vibrational level spacings with the angular momentum of the molecule. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0429188

Entities

People

  • Neil S. Snider

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Diatomic Molecules
  • Dissociation
  • Molecules
  • Momentum
  • Probability

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster