weak collision

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A collision between two molecules in which the amount of energy transferred from one to the other is not large compared to \(k_{\text{B}}\ T\) (\(k_{\text{B}}\) is the @B00695@ and \(T\) the absolute temperature).
See:
Boltzmann constant
,
strong collision
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 149. (A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 191 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'weak collision' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.W06665 RIS BibTex EndNote
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