Steven R. Moeckly's page regarding chemical kinetics and its relationship to physical chemistry. If you enjoy this page, please check out my other pages related to chemistry, my hompage, and the various links that follow below. R. Moeckly's Homepage Chemical kinetics is the study of reaction rates, which makes it essentially the study of when and how things happen. Let me explain.
Reactions control everything.
For example, let's pretend that little hoppy guy at the top of the page is a strange creature that actually exists. Exactly how fast this fictious organism hops is due to the limiting reactions in this complex series of events. As one can see by this somewhat quirky example, chemical kinetics has as many applications as one can think of and can become difficult, and get there fast. Not all systems are this complex, and steps can be taken to simplify systems so they can be analyzed. These will be discussed below, but first let us start at the beginning.