
%0 Journal Article
%A Hamann, SD 
%T A fallacy in some interpretations of the quasi-thermodynamics of reaction kinetics
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1984/04/01
%V 37
%N 4
%P 867-869
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9840867
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9840867 
%X The fact that experimentally determined 'volumes of activation' and 'entropies of activation' obey a relationship that is formally similar to one of Maxwell's thermodynamic relations is a mathematicalconsequence of the definitions of those quantities. Contrary to suggestions in the literature, it provides no evidence in support of the quasi-thermodynamic and equilibrium assumptions of the transition state theory. 
