Reaction kinetics /

This book is intended for students and others interested in modern methods of carrying out kinetics experiments. It ranges through experimental methods in gas phase, at metal surfaces, and in solutions. Theoretical models are developed from many perspectives: transition-state theory, collision theory, the Lindemann unimolecular reaction theory, and RKK-M modifications. Especially interesting and helpful is the compilation and presentation of modern methods of measurement of kinetics--from laser-induced reactions, reactions in the atmosphere, and enzyme kinetics to the field of reaction dynamics. Pilling and Seakins are generous with diagrams, the references are complete, and they provide a series of problems to test the reader on the material in each chapter. This book will fill a real need for students of kinetics, be they formally enrolled in a course or just interested in how measurements, mathematics, and dynamics come together in experimental design; they will be able to access this material through its thorough development. The book replaces other kinetics works (even that of John W. Moore and Ralph G. Pearson, Kinetics and Mechanism, 3rd ed., CH, May'82) because it truly covers modern kinetics logically, carefully, mathematically, and succinctly. Undergraduates through practitioners. M. E. Thompson College of St. Catherine