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The study of chemistry at a microscopic level, both from a theoretical and an ‘experimental’ viewpoint, is mainly the study of the numerous processes that before, during and after a chemical reaction (or in the absence of a chemical reaction) control either the transformation of one type of molecular energy into another type or its transfer into the ‘environment’. Within the domain of what is commonly known as physical chemistry these studies have a very long history indeed and the many theoretical models suggested through the years for each specific case outline the progress we have made in understanding the workings of chemistry at a physical level.
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Gianturco, F.A. (1979). Introduction. In: The Transfer of Molecular Energies by Collision: Recent Quantum Treatments. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93122-2_1
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