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

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.

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

Primary audience includes chemists with a focus on kinetics, as well as research institutes and industry. Secondary audience includes instructors, graduate students and upper-level undergraduate students taking related coursework.

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