When Cl and CH_4 Collide

摘要

The simplest class of two-body chemical reaction is the formation of a diatomic molecule. Two atoms come together and, generally speaking, the only variable is their relative velocity. Things get considerably more complicated if you add another atom to the mix and consider its reaction with a preformed diatomic. Now, there are rela- tive spatial orientations, and the diatomic might be vibrating or rotating. Nonetheless, over the past half-century or so, chemists have developed a firm grasp of how these reactions work in detail.