An Application of the Absolute Reaction Rate Theory to Some Problems in Annealing

Abstract

Absolute rate theory is combined with molecular models in the study of the annealing of metals and of glass. It is thus possible to obtain expressions which are in close agreement with experimental data. Both the observed first-order data for metals and the second-order data for glass are predicted in this way. A virtue of the rate theory treatment is that it replaces the earlier macroscopic theories with a treatment in molecular terms.