Kinetics of Homogeneous Multistep Reactions (Volume 38) (Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics, Volume 38)

This book addresses primarily the chemist and engineer in industrial research and process development, where competitive pressures put a premium on scale-up by large factors to cut development time. To be safe, such scale-up should be based on "fundamental" kinetics, that is, mathematics that reflect the elementary steps of which the reactions consist. The book forges fundamental kinetics into a practical tool by presenting new effective methods for elucidation of mechanisms and reduction of mathematical complexity without unacceptable sacrifice in accuracy. For elucidation of pathwa Content: Editorial Board Page v Preface Pages ix-x Friedrich G. Helfferich Introduction Pages 1-5 Chapter 1 Concepts, definitions, conventions, and notation Pages 7-16 Chapter 2 Fundamentals Pages 17-32 Chapter 3 Determination of rates, orders, and rate coefficients Pages 33-62 Chapter 4 Tools for reduction of complexity Pages 63-79 Chapter 5 Elementary combinations of reaction steps Pages 81-118 Chapter 6 Practical mathematics of multistep reactions Pages 119-147 Chapter 7 Network elucidation Pages 149-194 Chapter 8 Homogeneous catalysis Pages 195-260 Chapter 9 Chain reactions Pages 261-297 Chapter 10 Polymerization Pages 299-354 Chapter 11 Mathematical modeling Pages 355-374 Chapter 12 Unusual thermal and mass-transfer effects Pages 375-388 Glossary of symbols Pages 389-392 Author index Pages 393-400 Subject index Pages 401-410