Engineering Approximations for Chemical Kinetics

While the Marcus equation had been developed to model electron transfer reactions, many researchers have applied it to atom transfer reactions. The model works well until very exothermic or endothermic reactions are encountered. However, including a Pauli repulsion term in the derivation of the Marcus equation leads to a simple equation which does extend out to very exothermic and endothermic reactions. The new model agrees with the Marcus equation at all other intermediate energies.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Blowers, Paul

Contributors dc:contributor

• Masel, Richard I.

• Chemistry, Physical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9944800

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82466