The development of transition-state theory

Laidler, K. J., & King, M. C. (1983). The development of transition-state theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 87(15), 2657-2664.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1983

Volume

87

Issue

15

Pages

2657-2664

DOI

10.1021/j100238a002

DOI registrant

American Chemical Society

Link

https://doi.org/10.1021/j100238a002

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chemistry_materials

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Primes

• Activation Energy
  • Lowering activation energy accelerates systems that are thermodynamically predetermined to proceed anyway.

    This sourceHistorical-conceptual review of transition-state theory across thermodynamic, kinetic-theory, and statistical-mechanical traditions; documents the robustness of the activation-barrier construct. SUPPORTS the claim that Laidler and King trace TST's conceptual development across kinetic and statistical-mechanical traditions.

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