Preferred Label : separability assumption;
IUPAC definition : This expression refers to the assumption, essential to conventional transition-state
theory, that the energy of the system may be expressed as the sum of components associated
with different degrees of freedom. In transition-state theory it is assumed that the
energy of the motion of the system through the dividing surface of the potential-energy
(reaction) surface is separable into various components. In many practical calculations
it is assumed that the energy of the system is separable into electronic, vibrational,
rotational and translational energy.;
Origin ID : S05611;
See also
This expression refers to the assumption, essential to conventional transition-state
theory, that the energy of the system may be expressed as the sum of components associated
with different degrees of freedom. In transition-state theory it is assumed that the
energy of the motion of the system through the dividing surface of the potential-energy
(reaction) surface is separable into various components. In many practical calculations
it is assumed that the energy of the system is separable into electronic, vibrational,
rotational and translational energy.
