Diffusional constant viscosity dependence

The rapid recombination of phenoxyl radicals occurs with rate constants close to the diffusionally controlled rate. The rate constant of diffusionally controlled reaction depends on the viscosity (kn 8/ 77300017 L mol-1 s-1 and varies in organic solvents in the limits of 3 x 108 to 5 x 109 L mol-1 s-1). 

Diffusion of particles in the polymer matrix occurs much more slowly than in liquids. Since the rate constant of a diffusionally controlled bimolecular reaction depends on the viscosity, the rate constants of such reactions depend on the molecular mobility of a polymer matrix (see monographs [1-4]). These rapid reactions occur in the polymer matrix much more slowly than in the liquid. For example, recombination and disproportionation reactions of free radicals occur rapidly, and their rate is limited by the rate of the reactant encounter. The reaction with sufficient activation energy is not limited by diffusion. Hence, one can expect that the rate constant of such a reaction will be the same in the liquid and solid polymer matrix. Indeed, the process of a bimolecular reaction in the liquid or solid phase occurs in accordance with the following general scheme [4,5] ... 

The HX rates are also dependent on temperature. An increase in temperature affects HX rates primarily hy altering the water ionization constant, K, and thus increasing the concentration of OH . Further, some evidence suggests that temperature may also affect the collisional rate constant, k, in Equation 1.2 hy altering buffer viscosity and thus the diffusional collisional rate constant [24, 25]. A more recent study, however, has indicated that the effect of bulk viscosity on HX is negligible [30]. Theoretical HX rates can be determined as a function of temperature by a modified form of the Arrhenius equation (Eq. 1.4) and reference HX rate constants determined experimentally at 20°C ... 

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