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Applied kinetics and catalysis
FCH-MC_AKKAcad. year: 2009/2010
The definition of reaction rate, homogeneous reactions in closed system,elementary and simultaneous reactions, theory of rate constant, kinetics of reactions in liquid phase, common characteristic of chain reactions, kinetics of polymerization, photochemical reactions, reactions in flow systems, kinetics of homogeneously and heterogeneously catalyzed reactions, enzyme catalysis, heterogeneous noncatalyzed reactions, physical effects in chemical kinetics - difusion, adsorption, the formation of a new phase.
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1. Written examination : calculation of 4 problems (condition for access to oral examination -2 points from 4 must be attained)-
2.Oral examination - 4 questions
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2. Theory of elementary reactions, of zero, 1. and 2. order; 2.order reactions of general type aA + bB = pP + rR
3. Complex reactions - reversible, paralell and consecutive. reactions; reactions involoving pre-equilibria.
4. Chain reactions, kinetic analysis of radical chain reaction H2 + Br2 = 2 HBr, kinetics of radical polymerization and polycondensation.
5. Photochemical reactions, kinetics of photochemical reactions, kinetics of quenching - Stern-Volmer equation
6. Dependence of reaction rate on temperature and pressure.Theory of activated complex, thermodynamic formulation of rate constant.
7. Theory of activated complex, applied to reactions in solution - the influence of dielectric constant on reaction rate, the influence of structure - Hammett equations
8. Theory of homogeneous catalysis, acid-base catalysis, autocatalysis.
9. Enzyme catalysis - kinetic analysis of noninhibitited and inhibited enzyme reactions.
10. Theory of heterogeneous catalysis, Langmuir isotherm for adsorption with and without dissociation. Langmuir-Hinshellwood and Eyel-Rideal mechanism of surface reaction.
11. Kinetic analysis of heterogeneously catalyzed mono and bimolecular reactions. Experimental activation energy in heterogeneous catalysis, its relation to activation energies of partial processes.
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Basic literature
Fogler H.S.: Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering (EN)
Kraus M.: Chemická kinetika pro inženýry (CS)
Recommended reading
House J.E.: Principles of chemical kinetics, Elsevier, 2007 (CS)
Treindl L.: Chemická kinetika. SPN Bratislava 1978. (CS)
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Guided consultation in combined form of studies
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