This collection of nine articles, translated from the 1987 Russian edition, begins a new series. The topics include recommended data on the rate constants of chemical reactions among molecules consisting of nitrogen and oxygen atoms, metal dimers, laser magnetic resonance studies of processes involving free radicals in the gaseous phase, and the photodissociation and radiative recombination of diatomic molecules contained in the atmosphere. No index. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) | Reviews of Plasma Chemistry by B M Smirnov, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters