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PAC, 1996, 68, 149. A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC Recommendations 1996), doi:10.1351/pac199668010149


activated complex
activation
activation energy (Arrhenius activation energy)
adiabatic
adiabatic transition-state theory
adiabatic treatments of reaction rates
angular distribution
Arrhenius Math - title factor
Arrhenius equation
atom–molecule complex mechanism
attractive potential-energy surface
attractive–mixed–repulsive (AMR) classification
beam-gas experiments
bond-energy-bond-order method
branching ratio
Brønsted relation
cage effect
canonical rate constant
canonical variational transition-state theory (CVTST)
catalyst
catalytic coefficient
centrifugal barrier
chain branching
chain carrier
chain initiation
chain length, Math - title
chain reaction
chain-propagating reaction
chain-termination reaction
channel
chaperon
chemical activation
chemical induction (coupling)
chemiluminescence
col (saddle point)
collinear reaction
collision cross-section, Math - title
collision density, Math - title
collision efficiency, Math - title
collision frequency, Math - title
collision number
collision theory
competition
complex mechanism
complex reaction
complex-mode reaction
composite mechanism
conventional transition-state theory
conventional true value
coupling
critical energy (threshold energy)
crossed molecular beams
de-energization efficiency
degenerate chain branching
degree of activation
degree of inhibition
density of states, Math - title, Math - title
detailed balancing (principle of)
diabatic coupling
diffusion control
direct reaction
dividing surface
early-downhill surface
elastic collision
elastic scattering in reaction dynamics
elementary reaction
encounter
encounter control
endergonic (or endoergic) reaction
endothermic reaction
energized species
energy of activation
enthalpy of activation, Math - title
entrance channel
entropy of activation, Math - title
equilibrium reaction
exergonic (exoergic) reaction
exit channel
exothermic reaction
extent of reaction, Math - title
feedback in kinetics
geminate recombination
general acid–base catalysis
generalized transition-state theory
Gibbs energy diagram
Gibbs energy of activation (standard free energy of activation), Math - title
Gibbs energy profile
gradual (sudden) potential-energy surface
half life, Math - title
heat capacity of activation, Math - title
impact parameter, Math - title
improved canonical variational transition-state theory (ICVTST)
impulsive reaction
indirect reaction
induction period
inelastic collision
inelastic scattering
information theory
inhibition
initial (final) state correlations
initiation
initiator
intermediate
intrinsic activation energy, Math - title
isotope effect
kinematics
kinetic activity factor
kinetic theory of collisions
Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism
Langmuir–Rideal (Rideal–Eley) mechanism
late-downhill surface
light-atom anomaly
line-of-centres model
London–Eyring–Polanyi (LEP) method
London–Eyring–Polanyi–Sato (LEPS) method
macroscopic diffusion control
macroscopic kinetics
Marcus–Coltrin path
Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Michaelis–Menten mechanism
microcanonical rate constant
microcanonical variational transition-state theory (µVTST)
microscopic diffusion control (encounter control)
microscopic kinetics
microscopic reversibility at equilibrium
minimum density of states criterion
minimum-energy reaction path
mixed energy release
mixing control
modified Arrhenius equation
molecular beams
molecular dynamics
molecular kinetics
molecularity
negative feedback
Newton diagram
non-equilibrium reaction
nonadiabatic
nonadiabatic coupling
order of reaction, Math - symbol
oscillating reaction
overall activation energy
partial microscopic diffusion control (encounter control)
phase-space theory
photochemical equivalence
positive feedback
potential-energy profile
potential-energy (reaction) surface
pre-equilibrium (prior equilibrium)
pre-exponential factor, Math - symbol
prior distribution, Math - symbol
product
product state distribution
propagating reaction
pseudo rate constant
quantum yield, Math - symbol
quantum-mechanical tunnelling
quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) method
quasi-equilibrium
rate of consumption, Math - ei or Math - ei
rate of conversion, Math - title
rate of disappearance
rate of formation, Math - ei or Math - ei
rate of reaction, Math - ei
rate-controlling step
rate-determining step (rate-limiting step)
reactant
reaction barrier
reaction coordinate
reaction cross-section, Math - symbol
reaction dynamics
reaction intermediate
reaction path degeneracy
reaction probability, Math - symbol
reactive complex
reactive scattering
reagent
rebound reaction
relaxation
relaxation kinetics
relaxation time
repulsive potential-energy surface
retarder
Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel (RRK) theory
Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus (RRKM) theory
saddle point
selectivity
separability assumption
specific acid–base catalysis
spectator-stripping reaction
state-to-state kinetics
statistical factor
steady state (stationary state)
stepwise reaction
steric factor
stoichiometric number, Math - symbol
stoichiometry
stripping reaction
strong collision
sudden potential-energy surface
sum of states, Math - symbol
surprisal analysis
surprisal, Math - symbol
symmetry number, Math - title
temperature jump
third body
threshold energy, Math - symbol
trajectory in reaction dynamics
transient phase (induction period)
transition species
transition state theory
transmission coefficient
variational transition state theory
vibrationally adiabatic transition-state theory
volume of activation, Math - symbol
weak collision