DYNAMICS AND KINETICS AT THE GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE

This article reviews two approaches to exploring collisions and reacti ons between gases and liquids. We first describe molecular beam scatte ring experiments, which reveal the detailed ways in which gas atoms an d molecules scatter from, accommodate on, and react with low vapor pre ssure liquids. We then discuss droplet flow tube experiments, which un cover the kinetics of the uptake of reactive and nonreactive gases in water and in aqueous solutions. Our goals are to develop simple, predi ctive rules for describing the fate of gas molecules coming into conta ct with the surface of liquids.