The influence of physical conditions on the velocity of decomposition of certain crystalline solids
The influence of physical conditions on the velocity of decomposition of certain crystalline solids
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物理条件对某些结晶固体分解速度的影响
DOI:
10.1098/rspa.1921.0035
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发表时间:
1921
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通讯作者:
E. J. Bowen
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作者:
C. Hinshelwood;E. J. Bowen
The study of the velocity of chemical change has usually been confined to substances in the liquid or gaseous state. The temperature coefficient of the velocity is of special importance, since it can be used to calculate the “critical increment” or 'heat of activation” of the reacting molecule. In the case of reactions in solution the velocity is very largely influenced by the solvent, but the quantitative relationships do not conform to any simple law, owing to such factors as the formation of molecular complexes. Reactions in the solid state have not been much studied, although in many respects the solid state is simpler, owing to the fixed arrangement of the atoms in a space lattice. The object of the experiments described in this paper was to ascertain whether simple quantitative relationships could be found for cases of “irreversible” decompositions of certain crystalline solids. The results show that in these cases the temperature coefficient is a complicated quantity, dependent on several physical factors; and that the heat of activation cannot be calculated from it. On the other hand, a simple relation is found connecting the rate of evolution of oxygen from solid solutions of potassium permanganate in potassium perchlorate and the heats of activation of the potassium permanganate in the various solid solutions.