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To develop an improved method for constructing potential energy surfaces by modifying theoretical assumptions and addressing limitations of Eyring's semi-empirical approach.

July 1, 1955Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

A New Method of Drawing the Potential Energy Surface

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SSShin SatoFlorida State University

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Computational study demonstrates improved activation energy calculations for hydrogen reactions, indicating greater accuracy than Eyring's semi-empirical method.

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To develop an improved method for constructing potential energy surfaces by modifying theoretical assumptions and addressing limitations of Eyring's semi-empirical approach.
Incorporated an appropriate anti-bonding state function for diatomic molecules and explicitly included the overlap integral.
Modified the London equation and eliminated the reliance on the empirical Coulomb fraction used in Eyring's framework.
Calculated the activation energy for the hydrogen atom-molecule reaction as a benchmark model.
Yielded more reasonable activation energy values for the hydrogen atom-molecule reaction compared to Eyring's semi-empirical method.

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Shin Sato (1955) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71c70eac440176ef2a5727 https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.28.450

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Computational study demonstrates improved activation energy calculations for hydrogen reactions, indicating greater accuracy than Eyring's semi-empirical method.

A New Method of Drawing the Potential Energy Surface

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A New Method of Drawing the Potential Energy Surface

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