A COMPARISON OF SLATER'S THEORY OF UNIMOLECULAR REACTIONS WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA
- 1 June 1959
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 37 (6), 1035-1037
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v59-148
Abstract
Slater's theory of unimolecular reactions is tested by comparing theoretical and experimental values of the pressure at which the rate constant has fallen off from the high-pressure limit by 5%. A simplified method is used for calculating lower bounds to the theoretical value of this pressure. Agreement with experimental data on cyclobutane, cyclobutene, and nitrogen pentoxide is rather poor; experimental values are lower than the calculated lower bounds.Keywords
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