Faraday Society Discussion

Faraday Society, Discussion No. 5 (1949, 1959a) A General Discussion on Crystal Growth, Faraday Society, London, 1949 (reprinted, London Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1959). 

Faraday Society, Discussion No. 28 (1959b) Crystal Imperfections and the Chemical Reactivity of Solids (Aberdeen University Press). 

Stevenson, D. P., Faraday Society Discussion on Hydrocarbons, April 1951. 

The Montroll-Shuler equation can also predict how fast a molecule which is created in a highly excited vibrational state will decay to the equilibrium state. This is of interest in connection with chemiluminescence phenomena. In certain cases one finds experimentally that this relaxation is much faster than what one would expect from the master equation of Montroll and Shuler and improved versions of this equation. One possible mechanism for this fast relaxation is that although most of the collisions in which the diatomic molecule participates are between the diatomic molecule and an inert gas atom, there will also be some collisions between diatomic molecules. In the latter case we have the situation where two diatomic molecules in quantum state n collide producing, with fairly high probability, molecules in quantum states n I and n + 1, respectively. The number of such collisions is, of course quite small compared to the number of collisions of the first kind, but since they are so extremely efficient they may still be of importance. This mechanism, we believe, was first suggested in connection with chemiluminescence by Norrish in a Faraday Society discussion.5 The equations describing this relaxation had, however, been discussed several years earlier by Shuler6 and Osipov.7... 

Other coordinates of the molecules may be treated similarly. The theory of transition states has been treated by Evans and Polanyi, Trans. Faraday Soc., 31, 876 (1935), and refs, therein cf. also Faraday Society Discussion, Sept. 1937. 

The literature on overpotential and irreversible electrode phenomena is very extensive the reader may consult Kremann, Wien-Harms Handb. d. Experimental-physik, 12, pt. 2, pp. 161-262 (1933) Faraday Society Discussion, Nov. 1923 (Trans. Faraday Soc., 19, 748 (1924)) Newman, Electrolytic Conduction (1930), pp. 276 fit. Glasstone, Electrochemistry of Solutions (1937), 407 ff. Baars, Ber. Oes. Fdrd. Naturwiss. Marburg, 63, 213 (1928), for reviews and references to other papers not cited here. Frumkin s recent booklet, Couchs Double, ] lectrocapillarit4, Surtension (Actuality Sci. et Ind., 1936) is excellent. 

There is some reason for optimism in spite of the sub-embryonic character of our knowledge at this point. A number of studies have added information of consequence. By way of illustration, equations have been developed for unimpeded anodic reactions, among others, on the basis of electrochemical theory (IQ). Also the study of corrosion of whiskers (11) and of single crystal metals (1,9) has become somewhat more common. Studies on electrodeposition on whiskers (12) ami on dissolution and electrodeposition in copper-copper sulfate solutions (13) are sure to be pertinent. Certainly the recem Faraday Society Discussion on "Crystal Imperfections and Chemical Reactivity" (14) should prove very useful. Although it may nor. be especially pertinent to the metal-solution systems, the general trend of work and the tentative principles evolved should show the way to significant experiments in this field. 

See discussions and papers presented at the Faraday Society, Discussions Faraday 8 (1950). 

Books and Monographs.—The 1946 Faraday Society Discussion on dielectrics opened a new era of study, bringing a series of books and monographs devoted to dielectric properties. Bottcher s monograph develops in particular the theoretical electrostatics and dynamics of cfielectric materials, whereas that by Smyth deals, in addition to the simpler theory, with experimental dielectric methods and the relationship between macroscopic properties and molecular structme. The fundamental prindples of the theory of dielectrics are presented in Brown s monograph in a molecular-statistical treatment, and Frohlidi employs Kirkwood s semi-macroscopic approach. In 1969, a comprdiensive volume on Dielectric Properties and Molecular Behavioiu beceime available, in which Hill discusses the theory... 

ElO. Faraday Society Discussion No. 47 (1969) Bonding in metallo-organic compounds. This publication contains some 21 papers on various aspects of bonding in organometallic compounds, given at a meeting at Cambridge, March 1969. 

The growth of solid state chemistry can therefore be charted in Faraday Society Discussions and Transactions. The paper of Barrer and Kerr is one of many that we could have highlighted. Its theme, that of linking detailed microscopic structures with understanding and prediction of the physical properties of the material, is, however, one that is central to the contemporary subject. 

El7. Faraday Society Discussion No. 47 Cambridge, England, 1969, entitled Bonding in Metal-Organic Compounds. ... 

It was a sad moment for his friends and colleagues in chemistry departments throughout the world, to read of the death of Professor Garner on March 4th, 1960. He was particularly well known to catalytic chemists, by his papers over some thirty years, and by his effective contributions to the series of conferences on catalysis which were initiated by the Faraday Society Discussion at Liverpool in 1950. Many readers of this notice will remember hearing his paper presented to the First International Conference on Catalysis at Philadelphia in 1956, and will recall with pleasure his characteristically modest, yet persuasive contributions in discussion. Garner s influence extended far beyond his own research group at Bristol, his leadership and inspiration being felt over a wide circle of scientists. 

Haissinsky, M., Comments at Faraday Society Discussion on Radiation Effects, Diacuaaiona Faraday Soc. 31, 269 (1961). 

Empire Cotton Growing Review Transactions of the Faraday Society Discussions of the Faraday Society Journal of the Textile Institute... 

Faraday Society Discussions, Hydrocarbon Chemistry, 1939 Oxidation, 1946 The L-abile Molecule, 1947 Heterogeneous Catalysis, 1950 Hydrocarbons, 1951. London. The Faraday Society. 

D. L. Underwood and H. J. White, Jr., The Physical Chemistry of Dyeing and Tanning, Faraday Society Discussion No. 16, p. 66, The Faraday Society, Aberdeen (1954). 

Dixon, M., Introductory Lecture, Faraday Society Discussion on the Physical Chemistry of Enzymes, Aug. 10th-12th, 20, 9 (1955). 

Very long 38-100,000 See Randall (1938), Williams (1948), and Faraday Society Discussion on Dielectrics (1946). Intermolecular vibrations... 

Elliott, A., and Ambrose, E. J. (1951). Faraday Society Discussion 9 Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure. ... 

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