ISSN:
0538-8066
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A theory of collisional energy transfer based on microcanonical relaxation in the limit of infinitesimal collision lifetimes is developed. In distinction to the recently formulated ergodic collision theory the potential energy is now frozen due to the short time scale, and only kinetic energy is available for redistribution. As a consequence, the rate of energy transfer is decreased, and agreement with experimentally based estimates generally improved.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kin.550131006