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Two-dimensional diffusion model for monomolecular decomposition

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We have considered the introduction of a two-dimensional diffusion equation in the theory of the monomolecular decomposition of complex molecules with a number of atoms N ⩾ 3, the decomposition being described by the motion of the molecular system in the space of the reaction coordinate and the energy. An approximate solution of this equation has been used to obtain the equations of the classical theory of monomolecular decomposition and to estimate the rate constants in the limiting cases of strong and weak friction.

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  1. Institute for Thermophysics, Siberian Branch Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk

    S. I. Vashukov & V. A. Emel'kin

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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 20–26, January–February, 1989.

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Vashukov, S.I., Emel'kin, V.A. Two-dimensional diffusion model for monomolecular decomposition. Theor Exp Chem 25, 17–23 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580292

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