Front Cover; Kinetics and dynamics of elementary gas reactions; Copyright Page; Preface; Dedication; Table of Contents; Part 1. The theoretical background; Chapter 1. Macroscopic and microscopic kinetics; 1.1 Elementary reactions; 1.2 Macroscopic kinetics; 1.3 Microscopic kinetics; 1.4 Towards a detailed rate theory for collisional reactions2-4; 1.5 Summary; References; Chapter 2. The electronic potential energy in molecular systems; 2.1 General introduction; 2.2 Diatomic systems 1 -5; 2.3 Triatomic systems10-12

2.4 Electronic states of molecules and the adiabatic correlation rules3, 4, 30-32References; Chapter 3. Molecular collision dynamics; 3.1 General introduction; 3.2 General principles of classical dynamics; 3.3 Classical collisions between two particles1-4; 3.4 Simple models of reactive collisions; 3.5 Classical reaction dynamics10-12; 3.6 Non-classical calculations on reaction dynamics18, 19; References; Chapter 4. Statistical theories of reaction rates; 4.1 Relationships from statistical mechanics; 4.2 Transition state theory1, 2; 4.3 Microcanonical transition state theory4, 6, 9

4.4 'Special' quantum effects in transition state theory124.5 Unimolecular reactions18-22; 4.6 Detailed reaction cross-sections and rate constants; References; Part 2 .Comparisons between experiment and theory; Chapter 5. Thermal rate data; 5.1 General introduction; 5.2 Experimental methods1; 5.3 Bimolecular reactions17; 5-4 The H3 reactions25; 5.5 Non-Arrhenius behaviour; 5.6 Kinetic isotope effects36, 37; 5.7 Unimolecular reactions41; 5.8 Atomic recombination; References; Chapter 6. Detailed rate constants; 6.1 General introduction; 6.2 Experimental methods: excitation of products1-4

6.3 Energy disposal in chemical reactions2-46.4 Experimental methods: excitation of reagents; 6.5 Selective excitation: unimolecular processes39, 46, 47; 6.6 Selective excitation: bimolecular reactions46; 6.7 State-to-state rate constants; References; Chapter 7. Reactive scattering; 7.1 Introduction1-6; 7.2 Experimental methods1-7; 7.3 Interpretation of scattering experiments1, 3; 7.4 Reactions of metal atoms and dimers; 7.5 Reactions of non-metal species; References; Appendix 1. Units, conversion factors and fundamental constants; Appendix 2. Symbols; Appendix 3. Statistical mechanics