Chemical dynamics and electrochemistry

Includes Bibliography and Index.

Chemical dynamics is a field in which scientists study the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions. It also involves the study of how energy is transferred among molecules as they undergo collisions in gas-phase or condensed-phase environments. Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between electrical potential difference, as a measurable and quantitative phenomenon, and identifiable chemical change, with the potential difference as an outcome of a particular chemical change, or vice versa. There are, of course, chemical reactions and energy-transfer collisions in which two or more Born-Oppenheimer (BO) energy surfaces are involved. Under such circumstances, it is essential to have available the tools needed to describe the coupled electronic and nuclear-motion dynamics appropriate to this situation.
This book is intended for the graduate or advanced undergraduate level students of chemistry, materials science, and engineering. This textbook should also be useful to practicing corrosion engineers or materials engineers who wish to enhance their understanding of the fundamental principles of corrosion science.