Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analogy to Explain Collision Cross-Sections in Chemical Kinetics

Herein we present an engaging description of the existent analogy between social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic and the collision cross-section of particles as defined in the collisional model for a chemical reaction. In addition, the link between collision cross-sections and kinetic rate c...

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Published in:Journal of chemical education 2020-12, Vol.97 (12), p.4540-4544
Main Authors: Fernández-Terán, Ricardo, Sucre-Rosales, Estefanía, Echevarría, Lorenzo, Hernández, Florencio E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical kinetics
Chemical reactions
Chemistry
College Science
Collision dynamics
Concept Formation
COVID-19
Cross-sections
Disease Control
Function words
Kinetics
Logical Thinking
Pandemics
Rate constants
Reaction kinetics
Scientific Concepts
Social distancing
Teaching Methods
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:Herein we present an engaging description of the existent analogy between social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic and the collision cross-section of particles as defined in the collisional model for a chemical reaction. In addition, the link between collision cross-sections and kinetic rate constants is thoroughly established, bridging concepts of basic epidemiological models and fundamental chemical kinetics.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01010