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Some concepts in condensed phase chemical kinetics which have emerged from a recent rigorous statistical mechanical treatment of condensed phase chemical reaction dynamics [S, A. Adelman,Adv. Chem. Phys. 53:61 (1983)] are discussed in simple physical terms.
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Adelman, S.A. Some concepts in condensed phase chemical kinetics. J Stat Phys 42, 37–48 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01010839
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