MODELS RELATING MOLECULAR REACTIVITY AND DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS
MODELS RELATING MOLECULAR REACTIVITY AND DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01602a007
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发表时间:
1956
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15
通讯作者:
R. M. Noyes
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作者:
R. M. Noyes
Models are developed by which the tendency of an isolated pair of molecules to react with each other is related to the frequency and magnitude of relative diffusive displacements. Although most experimental tests will show littlediscrimination, the individual parameters of diffusive motion can be estimated from the effect of scavenger concentration on quantum yield of photochemical dissociation. Data currently available suggest thatdiffusion in liquids involves almost continuous motion and small individual displacements, and does not involve “jumps” of the order of a molecular diameter that are opposed by significant potentialbarriers.Although diffusive motion of molecules involves many random displacements for small distancesat high frequency, most quantities calculable from ex-perimental measurement require only the macro-scopic diffusion coefficient and do not depend on the microscopic parameters. Therefore, they do not distinguish between a model of diffusion in liquids in which displacements of the order of a molecular diameter are opposed by a potential barrier, and another model in which more frequent but shorterdisplacements are opposed by a very much lower barrier. 1 Moreover, temperature co-efficients measured at constant pressure do not yield direct information on barrier heights because of the accompanying thermal expansion of the liquid.