Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Publication Date

3-26-1969

Abstract

The subject of this dissertation is primarily the mechanisms and kinetics ot V(III) - V(IV) and Ti(III) - Ti(IV) electron exchange reactions in homogeneous solutions. The electron exchange process is a form of oxidation-reduction or electron transfer reaction where there is no net chemical change, i.e., the concentrations of the chemical species remain unchanged. In such cases there is a continuous exchange of electrons between a reduced and an oxidized form of the same element, such as between Fe(II) - Fe(III), V(III) - V(IV) or Tl(I) - Tl(III). The first two pairs involve one-electron changes while the thallium pair involves a net two-electron change. Since there is no net chemical effect in what is otherwise a chemical process, measurement of this phenomenon must be based on sane method other than chemical for following the progress of the reaction. There are two well-established methods, nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) and isotope labelling, both dependent on nuclear properties.

Project Sponsors

The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Chemistry

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Milton Kahn

Second Committee Member

Jere W. Knight

Third Committee Member

Christopher Pratt Leavitt

Fourth Committee Member

Raymond N. Castle

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