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SUMMARY:Calculating reaction rates: from Arrhenius to the present - Tim He
 le
DTSTART:20140302T172000Z
DTEND:20140302T175000Z
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CONTACT:Trinity College Science Society
DESCRIPTION:The calculation of chemical reaction rates is vital to our und
 erstanding of chemical\, physical and biological processes\, and is succes
 sfully approximated by Classical Transition-State Theory (TST) for systems
  of heavy atoms at high temperatures. However\, since the 1930s it was con
 sidered to be impossible to obtain a rigorous quantum generalization of TS
 T that could describe reactions of light atoms at low temperatures. In thi
 s talk\, I give a potted history of rate theory and explain how it is poss
 ible to derive Quantum Transition-State Theory\, applicable to a general s
 cientific audience.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre
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