10.7 Reaction rate and rate equation 10.7.4 Relaxation method s n 1953 Manfred eigen introduced high-frequency sound waves as a way of bringing about rapid chemical reactions and processes, such as the dissolving of a salt in a solvent. The speed of the reaction calculated based the sound In 1967, Manfred Eigen was awarded, along with Ronald George waves' energy. He also Wreyford Norrish and George Porter, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. studied how electrical They were distinguished for their studies of extremely fast chemical voltage affects chemical reactions induced in response to very short pulses of energy processesIn 1967, Manfred Eigen was awarded, along with Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and George Porter, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They were distinguished for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions induced in response to very short pulses of energy. 10.7.4 Relaxation method In 1953 Manfred Eigen introduced high-frequency sound waves as a way of bringing about rapid chemical reactions and processes, such as the dissolving of a salt in a solvent. The speed of the reaction could be calculated based the sound waves' energy. He also studied how electrical voltage affects chemical processes 10.7 Reaction rate and rate equation