STATISTICAL THEORY OF DISSOCIATION AND RECOMBINATION FOR MODERATELY COMPLETE MOLECULES.

Abstract

The dissociation and recombination of moderately complex molecules in a background of inert atoms has been investigated using a master equation with transition probabilities and spontaneous decay rates obtained from the statistical theory of reaction rates. A relatively simple expression has been derived for the steady state dissociation rate constant which is valid at all pressures for molecules containing three or more atoms. This expression has been used with reasonable success to correlate the available experimental data for twenty-one molecules having from three to six atoms. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0838786

Entities

People

  • Ashok Kalelkar
  • James Keck

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Dissociation
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Mathematics
  • Molecules
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.