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8.3 Generalized Lindemann-Hinshelwood mechanism 190<br />

I<br />

Figure 8.14: Activation energies for unimolecular reactions in the high pressure, the<br />

low pressure strong collision, and the low pressure weak collision limits.<br />

8.3.5 Unimolecular reaction rate constant in the high pressure regime<br />

From the master equation analysis above, the thermal unimolecular reaction rate constant<br />

in the high pressure regime is (see Fig. 8.12)<br />

with the Boltzmann distribution<br />

asshowninFig.8.13.<br />

∞ =<br />

Z ∞<br />

0<br />

() () (8.71)<br />

() = () − <br />

<br />

(8.72)<br />

Averaging over the Boltzmann distribution gives the TST expression<br />

( )= <br />

<br />

‡<br />

− 0 <br />

(8.73)

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