The relation of chemical potentials and reactivity studied by a state path sum

Abstract

In order to study the relation between chemical potentials and reactivity we divide the interaction region into physically decisive potential ‘boxes’. Each box is considered to be a small interaction region for a virtual chemical reaction with corresponding virtual transition probability amplitudes. These amplitudes are linked together and superimposed in a ‘state path sum’ which relates local potential properties with exact reaction probabilities. The state path sum is carried out by the supermatrix technique of the statistical theory of chain molecules.