Textbook Deficiencies:Ambiguities in Chemical Kinetics Rates and Rate Constants

摘要

In chemical kinetics,one determines reaction rate laws and rate constants by following the temporal changes in the concentrations or pressures of reactants or products.For example,two gas-phase reactions that feature prominently in most general and physical chemistry textbooks are 2N_2O_5(g)->4NO_2(g)+O_2(g)(1) and 2NO_2(g)->2NO(g)+O_2(g)(2).