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| Preface | |
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| Physical and Chemical Kinetics | |
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| Molecular Motion and Collisions | |
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| Kinematics | |
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| Forces and Potentials | |
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| Collision Dynamics | |
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| Types of Collisions | |
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| Scattering Cross Sections | |
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| Elastic Scattering of Hard Spheres | |
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| Elastic Scattering of Atoms | |
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| Quantum Mechanical Scattering | |
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| The Kinetic Theory of Gases | |
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| Distribution Functions | |
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| Collision Frequency in a Dilute Gas | |
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| The Evolution of Velocity Distributions in Time | |
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| The Maxwell--Boltzmann Distribution | |
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| Collision Frequency for Hard-Sphere Molecules | |
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| Molecular Fluxes of Density, Momentum Density, and Energy Density | |
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| Effusion | |
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| Transport Properties of Gases | |
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| Energy Exchange Processes | |
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| Sound Propagation and Absorption | |
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| The Kinetic Theory of Dense Phases | |
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| Transport Properties in Dense Fluids | |
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| Some Basic Aspects of Brownian Motion | |
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| Stochastic Approach to Transport | |
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| Autocorrelation Functions and Transport Coefficients | |
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| Transport in Solids | |
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| Electrical Conductivity in Electrolyte Solutions | |
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| Chemical Kinetics | |
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| General Concepts of Kinetics | |
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| First-Order Reactions | |
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| Second-Order Reactions | |
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| Interactions between Reactive Molecules | |
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| Vignette: Quantum Mechanical Computations of Potential Energy Hypersurfaces | |
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| Collisions between Reactive Molecules | |
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| Vignette: Femtochemistry--Reaction Dynamics with Atomic Resolution | |
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| Hard-Sphere Collision Theory: Reactive Cross Sections | |
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| Hard-Sphere Collision Theory: The Rate Coefficient | |
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| Activated-Complex Theory | |
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| Vignette: Present-Day View of Transition State Theory | |
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| Activated-Complex Theory: Thermodynamic Interpretation | |
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| Theory of Reaction Kinetics in Solution | |
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| Vignette: Kramers' Theory of Reactions in Solutions | |
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| Vignette: Chemical Reactions in Condensed Phases | |
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| Linear Free-Energy Relationships | |
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| Experimental Methods in Kinetics | |
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| Analysis of Data for Complex Reactions | |
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| Third-Order Reactions | |
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| Reversible Reactions | |
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| Simultaneous Reactions | |
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| Consecutive Reactions | |
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| Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions | |
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| Biomolecular Reactions | |
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| Vignette: Electron Transfer Reactions | |
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| Unimolecular Reactions | |
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| Termolecular Reactions | |
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| Some Advanced Topics in Chemical Kinetics | |
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| More about Unimolecular Reactions | |
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| Kinetics of Photochemically Induced Reactions | |
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| Chain Reactions | |
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| Nonlinear Phenomena | |
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| Fluctuations in Chemical Kinetics | |
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| Symmetry Rules for Chemical Reactions | |
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| Introduction to Catalysis | |
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| Enzyme Catalysis | |
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| Acid--Base Catalysis | |
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| Metal--Ion Complex and Other Types of Homogeneous Catalysis | |
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| Heterogeneous Reactions: Adsorption of Gas on a Surface | |
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| Heterogeneous Catalysis | |
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| Kinetics of Electrode Reactions (a Vignette by C. E. D. Chidsey) | |
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| Vignette: Applications of Physical Chemistry: A Biological Example | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Systems of Units | |
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| Partial Derivatives | |
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| Glossary of Symbols | |
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| Searching the Scientific Literature | |
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| Index | |