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Course Objectives

Importance of kinetics in science and industry

The mechanism and (pseudo-)elementary reactions

Understanding the mechanisms of all kind of reactions 

Basic concepts, terms and definitions in kinetics 

Basic knowledge on the mechanisms of inorganic and organometallic reactions; 

The importance of kinetics data for proposing mechanisms

How to collect the kinetics data

How to evaluate the kinetics data 

Estimating the uncertainties in collecting and evaluating the kinetics data

The mechanism of ligand substitution reactions

The mechansim of electron transfer reactions

How to get the rate laws

How to get the integrated rate laws

How to use the kinetics data in understanding the mechanism