On the kinetic theory of chemical reactions in adsorbed gases

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Abstract
The kinetic theory has been applied to the chemical reaction in gases adsorbed physically on the solid surface. The generalized kinetic equation for such system has been solved by the Chapman-Enskog perturbation method. It has been shown that incomplete thermal accommodation of adsorbed molecules with respect to the solid can influence directly the rate of chemical reaction. The importance of this effect to the heterogeneous catalysis has been pointed out.