Contents
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Part 2 Dynamics
381
Chapter 9
Gas Kinetic Theory: The Molecular Theory of Dilute Gases at
Equilibrium
383
9.1
Macroscopic and Microscopic States of Macroscopic
Systems
384
9.2 A Model System to Represent a Dilute Gas
386
9.3
The Velocity Probability Distribution
394
9.4
The Distribution of Molecular Speeds
405
9.5
The Pressure of a Dilute Gas
411
9.6
Effusion and Wall Collisions
416
9.7
The Model System with Potential Energy
418
9.8
The Hard-Sphere Gas
422
9.9
The Molecular Structure of Liquids
434
Chapter 10 Transport Processes
441
10.1 The Macroscopic Description of Nonequilibrium
States
442
10.2 Transport Processes
444
10.3 The Gas Kinetic Theory of Transport Processes in HardSphere Gases
460
10.4 Transport Processes in Liquids
467
10.5 Electrical Conduction in Electrolyte Solutions
475
Chapter 11 The Rates of Chemical Reactions
485
11.1 The Macroscopic Description of Chemical Reaction
Rates
486
11.2 Forward Reactions with One Reactant
488
11.3 Forward Reactions with More Than One Reactant
499
11.4 Inclusion of a Reverse Reaction. Chemical
Equilibrium
507
11.5 A Simple Reaction Mechanism: Two Consecutive
Steps
510
11.6 Competing Reactions
513
11.7 The Experimental Study of Fast Reactions
515
Chapter 12 Chemical Reaction Mechanisms I: Rate Laws and
Mechanisms
523
12.1 Reaction Mechanisms and Elementary Processes in
Gases
524
12.2 Elementary Processes in Liquid Solutions
527
12.3 The Temperature Dependence of Rate Constants
533
12.4 Reaction Mechanisms and Rate Laws
540
12.5 Chain Reactions
556
Chapter 13 Chemical Reaction Mechanisms II: Catalysis and Miscellaneous
Topics
565
13.1 Catalysis
566
13.2 Competing Mechanisms and the Principle of Detailed
Balance
583
13.3 Autocatalysis and Oscillatory Chemical Reactions
585
13.4 The Reaction Kinetics of Polymer Formation
589