Chemistry
Name: Kinetics of Chemical Reaction
Catalog Number: 412039Y Hours/Credits: 40/2
Prerequisite(s):
Advanced Mathematics; Physical Chemistry.
Course Description:
To introduce the methods in chemical kinetics, reaction kinetics in gas phase and solutions, catalytic reactions, reaction mechanisms, and the theories of reaction rate; To grasp the principles and methods of chemical reaction kinetics.
Course Content:
Chapter 1 Basic concepts of kinetics Chapter 2 Complex reactions Chapter 3 Experimental technique for kinetic measurements Chapter 4 Reactions in solution Chapter 5 Catalyzed reaction Chapter 6 Potential energy surfaces and reaction paths Chapter 7 Dynamics of bimolecular collisions Chapter 8 Experimental chemical dynamics Chapter 9 Transition state theory Chapter 10 Unimolecular reaction rate theory
TextBooks:
Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Joseph S. Francisco, William L. Hase, Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, Prentice-Hall, USA, 1999.
Reference:
Logan, S. R.; Fundamentals of Chemical Kinetics. Longman, Harlow, 1996