Dr. Robert Snider
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
1977
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Chemistry
Keywords
Gas kinetic theory
Robert F. Snider has clearly established an international reputation for outstanding work in the field of Theoretical Chemistry. His publications give a more general understanding of the Boltzmann equation, especially in its relation to pressure broadening, the shifting and overlapping of spectral lines; the role of internal states in gas kinetic phenomena and transport coefficients; and certain 'novel' features in the NMR of polyatomic gases.
He has contributed extensively to the evaluation of kinetic theory collision integrals, of importance in NMR, depolarized Rayleigh scattering and the interpretation of the field dependence of gas viscosity and thermal conductivity and the kinetics of chemical recombination reactions.
He has contributed extensively to the evaluation of kinetic theory collision integrals, of importance in NMR, depolarized Rayleigh scattering and the interpretation of the field dependence of gas viscosity and thermal conductivity and the kinetics of chemical recombination reactions.