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Chemical dynamics in extreme environments

As computing power increases, a growing number of macroscopic phenomena are modeled at the molecular level. Consequently, new requirements are generated for the understanding of molecular dynamics in exotic conditions. This book illustrates the importance of detailed chemical dynamics and the role it plays in the phenomenology of a number of extreme environments. Each chapter addresses one or more extreme environments, outlines the associated chemical mechanisms of relevance, and then covers the leading edge science that elucidates the chemical coupling. The chapters exhibit a balance between
eBook, English, ©2001
World Scientific, Singapore, ©2001
1 online resource (xii, 617 pages) : illustrations
9789812811882, 9812811885
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Introduction
Preface
1. Exploring chemistry in extreme environments: a driving force for innovation / Michael R. Berman
2. Chemistry under extreme conditions: cluster impact activation / Tamar Raz and Raphael D. Levine
3. Nonequilibrium chemistry modeling in rarefied hypersonic flows / Iain D. Boyd
4. Chemical dynamics in chemical laser media / Michael C. Heaven
5. From elementary reactions to complex combustion systems / Christof Schulz, Hans-Robert Volpp and Jiirgen Wolfrum
6. The gas-phase chemical dynamics associated with meteors / Rainer A. Dressier and Edmond Murad
7. Dynamics of hypervelocity gas/surface collisions / Dennis C. Jacobs
8. Surface chemistry in the jovian magnetosphere radiation environment / Robert E. Johnson
9. Dynamics of atomic oxygen induced polymer degradation in low earth orbit / Timothy K. Minton and Donna J. Garton
10. Atomic-level properties of thermal barrier coatings: characterization of metal-ceramic interfaces / Asbjorn Christensen, Emily A.A. Jarvis and Emily A. Carter
11. Molecular dynamics simulations of detonations / Carter T. White, David R. Swanson and Daniel H. Robertson