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Kinetics of Chemical Reactions

Image of a computer model of a methane flame.

A model of the surface of a turbulent premixed laboratory methane flame. (Image courtesy of the Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

5.68J / 10.652J

As Taught In

Spring 2003

Level

Graduate

Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

This course deals with the experimental and theoretical aspects of chemical reaction kinetics, including transition-state theories, molecular beam scattering, classical techniques, quantum and statistical mechanical estimation of rate constants, pressure-dependence and chemical activation, modeling complex reacting mixtures, and uncertainty/sensitivity analyses. Reactions in the gas phase, liquid phase, and on surfaces are discussed with examples drawn from atmospheric, combustion, industrial, catalytic, and biological chemistry.

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Jeffrey Steinfeld, and William Green Jr.. 5.68J Kinetics of Chemical Reactions. Spring 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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