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RECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 49| Main Title | Determination of OH Rate Constants for Six Volatile Organics in Air Using the UCR (University of California-Riverside) Protocol. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Arnts, R. R. ; Seila, R. L. ; Bufalini, J. J. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1987 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA/600/D-87/197; | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB87-199659 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Air pollution ; Organic compounds ; Acetylene ; Carbon disulfide ; Nitrobenzenes ; Chemical reactions ; Oxidation ; Tables(Data) ; Volatile organic compounds ; Ethylene dichloride ; Ethylene dibromide ; p-dichlorobenzene ; Hydroxyl | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 19p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | An important mechanism of chemical transformation of organic pollutants in the atmosphere is through oxidation by OH radicals. A relatively simple laboratory procedure for determining the OH rate constants in air was developed. To determine the rate, a teflon bag is filled with 10-15 ppm of methyl nitrite, 5 ppm of nitric oxide, 2 ppm of test compound, and 2 ppm of an organic which has an accurately known OH rate constant. The mixture is irradiated with blacklamps and the concentrations of the reference and test organic are measured over a 45-minute period. Results are detailed in the report. |