Very high pressure chemical reactions molecular systems

The plan of this chapter is as follows. In Section 11 the basics of high-pressure technology and equipment are covered with particular reference to (a) the types of equipment that have actually been used to smdy chemical reactions and (b) the techniques in use for in situ and on-the-fly monitoring of chemical equilibria, products structure, reaction kinetics, and mechanism. Section III deals with fundamental concepts to treat the effect of high pressure on chemical reactions with several examples of applications, but with no claim of extensive covering of the available hterature. In Section IV the results obtained in the study of molecular systems at very high pressures will be discussed, and some conclusive remarks will be presented in Section V. 

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