Fundamental Chemical Kinetics: An Explanatory Introduction to the Concepts (Horwood Series in Chemical Science)

The unusual approach of this text gives final honours and post-graduate students a clear and explanatory account of one of the “harder” areas of physical chemistry. The author takes care to provide detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments. Her explanations are an essential and vital feature of the text, which is scholarly, lucid and well-written with a combination of depth of coverage and clarity which helps students to work through on their own. A clear and explanatory account of one of the more difficult areas of physical chemistry Provides detailed verbal clarification of the concepts and their importance together with full explanations of the mathematical developments Discusses energy transfer, molecular beam studies of reactive scattering and historical developments and modern kinetics, among other topics "The unusual approach of this text delivers for final honours and post-graduate students a clear and developmental approach into one of the "harder" areas of physical chemistry, which is central to all chemistry. The distinctive feature of the text is the acknowledgement that students learn and understand best when the arguments are progressively explained in detail, step-by-step. This is particularly important in this subject where math is a major component, but where the main stumbling block is often the difficulty of understanding the physical and chemical concepts describing "how a reaction occurs". The text clarifies complex aspects of the more theoretical areas of chemical kinetics, and the significance of the equations which so often baffle students."--Jacket