Accession Number:

AD0838786

Title:

STATISTICAL THEORY OF DISSOCIATION AND RECOMBINATION FOR MODERATELY COMPLETE MOLECULES.

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.,

Corporate Author:

AVCO EVERETT RESEARCH LAB INC EVERETT MA

Personal Author(s):

• Keck, James
• Kalelkar, Ashok

Report Date:

1968-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

59.0

Abstract:

The dissociation and recombination of moderately complex molecules in a background of inert atoms has been investigated using a master equation with transition probabilities and spontaneous decay rates obtained from the statistical theory of reaction rates. A relatively simple expression has been derived for the steady state dissociation rate constant which is valid at all pressures for molecules containing three or more atoms. This expression has been used with reasonable success to correlate the available experimental data for twenty-one molecules having from three to six atoms. Author

Descriptors:

• *REACTION KINETICS)
• (*DISSOCIATION
• (*RECOMBINATION REACTIONS
• REACTION KINETICS)
• POLYATOMIC MOLECULES
• STATISTICAL MECHANICS
• ELECTRON TRANSITIONS
• PROBABILITY
• RELAXATION TIME
• EQUATIONS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PYROLYSIS
• COMBUSTION
• ABLATION
• ATMOSPHERE ENTRY
• THERMOCHEMISTRY

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE