The approach to equilibrium: Detailed balance and the master equation

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1538-1543

  Alexander, Millard H ^a   Hall, Gregory E ^b   Dagdigian, Paul J ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculator Based Learning; Kinetic Molecular Theory; Kinetics; Physical Chemistry; Rate Law; Statistical Mechanics; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054007271     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed2001329     Document Type: Article

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