Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics

Catalog description

Introduction to chemical kinetics and molecular dynamics. CHEM 464 CHEM 464 Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (3) CHEM 464 is a one-semester course that introduces students to chemical kinetics and molecular dynamics, the branch of chemistry concerned with the rates of chemical reactions and the microscopic details of how reactions occur. The course covers old and new experimental, theoretical, and computational methods for kinetics and dynamics. Example systems are chosen from a variety of application including gas-phase reactions, reactions in solution, atmospheric chemistry, and reactions in biological systems. Topics covered are: basic concepts, phenomenological treatments, mechanisms, chain reactions, potential energy surfaces, collision theory, transition state theory, analysis, reactions of surfaces, photochemistry, molecular beams, Monte Carlo methods, molecular dynamics, energy requirements for reaction, and energy disposition.