Chemical kinetics 2

Velocity theories

Introduction to elementary processes
Collision theory
Relating the molecularity of a process to the partial orders of the velocity law of an elementary act
Reaction energy profile


Reaction mechanisms

Formal kinetics
Simple-order reactions
Compound reactions : Reversible reactions - Competing reactions - Consecutive reactions
Mechanism of complex reactions
Fast pre-equilibrium approximation
Notion of reaction intermediate
Quasi-stationary state approximation
Kinetically decisive step approximation
Kinetic principles
Staged reactions
Radical chain reactions, chain length


Catalytic activation

Catalysis : definition, homogeneous, heterogeneous, enzymatic catalysis
Catalysis and catalytic cycles
Partial order with respect to the catalyst