The fitting laws

Direct calculation of the whole matrix of rate constants is a rather difficult problem, even if the intermolecular potential is well known. Actually, it was done only once for a N2-Ar mixture in the semiclassical centrifugal 

Alternatively one may start from the known set of /c y and try to approximate it by a suitable fitting law with minimum free parameters. This was done with the ab initio calculated matrix kj for a N2-Ar mixture for a broad range of temperatures [215]. The following fitting law for j j was proposed  

Here a T) sets the characteristic value of the rate constants, b(T) and bi(T) determine the strength of collisions and c(T) takes adiabaticity into consideration. For j - 0 transitions a rather simple expression appears  

The simple fitting procedure is especially useful in the case of sophisticated nonlinear spectroscopy such as time domain CARS [238]. The very rough though popular strong collision model is often used in an attempt to reproduce the shape of pulse response in CARS [239]. Even if it is successful, information obtained in this way is not useful. When the fitting law is used instead, both the finite strength of collisions and their adiabaticity are properly taken into account. A comparison of 

This programme realized in [237] was based on a simplified fitting law obtained by asymptotic summation of that proposed in [234] provided ( jjo) oc exp [—bj(j + 1)]. The matrix of the effective cross-sections ( jjj ) = /v acquires the form (for j j) 

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Despite the fact that relaxation of rotational energy in nitrogen has already been experimentally studied for nearly 30 years, a reliable value of the cross-section is still not well established. Experiments on absorption of ultrasonic sound give different values in the interval 7.7-12.2 A2 [242], As we have seen already, data obtained in supersonic jets are smaller by a factor two but should be rather carefully compared with bulk data as the velocity distribution in a jet differs from the Maxwellian one. In the contrast, the NMR estimation of a3 = 30 A2 in [81] brought the authors to the conclusion that o E = 40 A in the frame of classical /-diffusion. As the latter is purely nonadiabatic it is natural that the authors of [237] obtained a somewhat lower value by taking into account adiabaticity of collisions by non-zero parameter b in the fitting law. 

As can be seen from the above, the shape of the resolved rotational structure is well described when the parameters of the fitting law were chosen from the best fit to experiment. The values of estimated from the rotational width of the collapsed Q-branch qZE. Therefore the models giving the same high-density limits. One may hope to discriminate between them only in the intermediate range of densities where the spectrum is unresolved but has not yet collapsed. The spectral shape in this range may be calculated only numerically from Eq. (4.86) with impact operator Tj, linear in n. Of course, it implies that binary theory is still valid and that vibrational dephasing is not yet... 

Fig. 5.19. Experimental line width and calculated line widths predicted by the fitting laws in binary collision approximation [251] (o) experimental (+) PEG (A) ECS-EP ( ) MEG ( ) ECS-P.

Figure 8. (a) Interferometric measurements of tilt angle as a function of temperature fitted to the power law ir=yfQ rf [t=(Tq-T)/Tq] for AMCll (azoxy-4,4 (di-undecyl a-methylcinnamate)). The lengths of the arrows display the difference (multiplied by 100) between the experimental data and the fitted law. (b) Fitted p values and their standard deviations on reducing the fitted range (Tc-T ) (test of stability for the asymptotic law), (c) Idem for ATc (Tj is the temperature limit, up to which data have been taken into account for the fits after [58]). 

We have found an alternative to the power law, Eq. (2.14), which describes experimental data as well as the latter. In the Eyring approach, however, the curve-fitting parameters have a fundamental significance in terms of a model for the flow process at the molecular level. 

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Particle-Size Equations It is common practice to plot size-distribution data in such a way that a straight line results, with all the advantages that follow from such a reduction. This can be done if the cui ve fits a standard law such as the normal probability law. According to the normal law, differences of equal amounts in excess or deficit from a mean value are equally likely. In order to maintain a symmetrical beU-shaped cui ve for the frequency distribution it is necessary to plot the population density (e.g., percentage per micron) against size. 

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Experimental evidence regarding the power law is somewhat contradictory. A constant value of 3 = 0..5 is considered to give a good fit to experimental data by many authors. According to Awbi, p depends on the flow regime and has a value of 0..5 for fully turbulent flow and 1,0 for laminar flow.- fn practice the value of P tends to be between 0.6 and 0.7. 

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A disadvantage inherent in the reduced time method of analysis, as discussed by Sharp et al. [70] Geiss [488] and others [30,33] is that it involves the comparison of curves. An alternative, and widely used, method of preliminary identification of the rate law providing the most satisfactory fit to a set of data is through a plot of the form... 

The kinetic observations reported by Young [721] for the same reaction show points of difference, though the mechanistic implications of these are not developed. The initial limited ( 2%) deceleratory process, which fitted the first-order equation with E = 121 kJ mole-1, is (again) attributed to the breakdown of superficial impurities and this precedes, indeed defers, the onset of the main reaction. The subsequent acceleratory process is well described by the cubic law [eqn. (2), n = 3], with E = 233 kJ mole-1, attributed to the initial formation of a constant number of lead nuclei (i.e. instantaneous nucleation) followed by three-dimensional growth (P = 0, X = 3). Deviations from strict obedience to the power law (n = 3) are attributed to an increase in the effective number of nuclei with reaction temperature, so that the magnitude of E for the interface process was 209 kJ mole-1. 

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