Unimolecular Kinetics: Part 2: Collisional Energy Transfer and The Master Equation

Unimolecular Kinetics: Part 2: Collisional Energy Transfer and the Master Equation, Volume 43 in Elsevier’s Comprehensive Molecular Kinetics series, addresses collision energy transfer and the effects it has on gas phase reactions, particularly at low gas density. Such systems include combustion, industrial gas phase processes and atmospheric/environmental processes. The book also discusses The Master Equation to give a good overview of the mechanics underpinning unimolecular kinetics. This new volume will be of interest to researchers investigating gas phase processes which involve unimolecular reactions and the related intermolecular reactions.

Discusses collision energy transfer and the effects it has on gas phase reactionsIntroduces stochastic techniques to energy transfer methods, allowing for an extension of the unimolecular theory beyond simple molecular dissociationDraws an important connection between detailed reaction dynamic studies and the rate of coefficient determination

Part A. Collisional Energy transfer 5. Experiment 6. Quantum Scattering theory 7. Classical Trajectory calculations  8. Parametric models

Part B. The master equation 9. Foundations of the model 10. Numerical methods 11. Monte Carlo Methods 12. Steady-state methods