Reactions in dissociated water vapour

• Main Author: Jones, Robert Alexander
• Other Authors: Winkler, C. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1950
• Subjects: Chemistry.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=122788

It is now generally recognized that the processes involved in a chemical reaction are frequently not as simple as the stoichiometric equation would indicate, but consist rather of a series of elementary reactions of simple order; the over-all reaction observed is the net effect of the several elementary stages. A knowledge of these elementary reactions is therefore essential in the elucidation of the over-all reaction mechanism. Very often these elementary steps are reactions which involve free atoms or free radicals, entities which have only a transitory existence, but which nevertheless play an essential part in the course of the reaction.