Transition State Theory and the Compensation Effect in Chemical Kinetics.

Abstract

Detailed balancing is applied to transition state theory with the result that the necessity of a compensation law relating the pre-exponential factor and the energy in chemical kinetics is clearly established. It is pointed out that the correct compensation behavior is achieved if the volume change that enters into the Clapeyron equation is taken to mean the volume change in phase space. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 1980
Accession Number
ADA080988

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  • Robert L. Palmer

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Compensation
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Kinetics
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Phase
  • Physics
  • Specific Volume
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry

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