Applied Chemical Kinetics

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: CHEM 260 or CHEM 261, CHE 344. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Fundamentals of chemical and engineering kinetics from a molecular perspective. Relationship between kinetics and mechanisms. Kinetics of elementary steps in gas, liquid and supercritical fluid reaction media. Gas-solid and surface reactions. Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. Kinetics and mechanisms of chemical processes such as polymerization, combustion and enzymatic reactions.