Population of transition states of triboactivated chemical processes

The population of transition states of friction-induced chemical processes and similar thermo-induced reactions is analyzed. Friction is shown to be a unique natural phenomenon that involves the occurrence of highly inverse transition states of chemical interaction between contact material particles, as opposed to thermally populated transition states analogous in terms of the energy level of the reactions. It is found that in evaluating the population of transition states of mechano- and thermoactivated reactions, the specific chemical interactions do not matter and only the energies of the transition states of the thermo- and mechanoactivated processes are of importance.