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THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF PEROXYACETYL NITRATE AND REACTIONS OF ACETYL PEROXY RADICALS WITH NO AND NO2 OVER THE TEMPERATURE RANGE 283-313K
Citation:
Tuazon, E., W. Carter, AND R. Atkinson. THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF PEROXYACETYL NITRATE AND REACTIONS OF ACETYL PEROXY RADICALS WITH NO AND NO2 OVER THE TEMPERATURE RANGE 283-313K. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-91/184.
Description:
The thermal decomposition of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) in NO-NO2-air (or N2) mixtures has been studied at 740 torr total pressure over the temperature range 283-313 K. he experimental data obtained yield a rate constant for the thermal decomposition of PAN of k3 = 2.52 x 1016 e-13573/T s-1 and a rate constant ratio for the reactions of the CH3C(O)OO radical with NO2 (k2) and NO (k2) of 2/k1 = 1.95 + 0.28, independent of temperature over the range 283-313 K. hese data are compared and discussed with other literature data.