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8.4 The specific unimolecular reaction rate constants () 194<br />

I RRKM expression: These problems are essentially solved by RRKM theory which<br />

gives the expression<br />

() = ‡ ( − 0 )<br />

()<br />

(8.90)<br />

where<br />

• ‡ ( − 0 ) is the number of open channels (essentially the number of states at<br />

the transition state configuration exluding the RC), counted from the zero-point<br />

level of the TS, at the energy − 0 ,<br />

• () is the density of states of the reacting molecules at the energy .<br />

These quantities are the two critical quantities in microcanonical transition state theory.<br />

I<br />

Figure 8.16: RRKM expression for ().

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