weak collision

A collision between two molecules in which the amount of energy transferred from one to the other is not large compared to $k B T$ ( $k B$ is the Boltzmann constant and $T$ the absolute temperature).

See: strong collision

Source:

PAC, 1996, 68, 149 (A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 191

Interactive Link Maps
First Level	Second Level	Third Level

Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

Last update: 2014-02-24; version: 2.3.3.

DOI of this term: https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.W06665.

Original PDF version: http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/W06665.pdf. The PDF version is out of date and is provided for reference purposes only. For some entries, the PDF version may be unavailable.

Current PDF version | Version for print | History of this term

PREVIOUS	W06665	NEXT
wavenumber, $σ$ , $ν ˜$		weathering