Kinetics of the ClO + CH3O2 reaction over the temperature range T = 250-298 K
The kinetics of the potentially atmospherically important ClO + CH 3 O 2 reaction (1) have been studied over the range T = 250-298 K at p = 760 Torr using laser flash photolysis radical generation, coupled with time resolved ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy, employing broad spectral monitoring us...
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Published in | Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Vol. 18; no. 19; pp. 13646 - 13656 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
11.05.2016
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Summary: | The kinetics of the potentially atmospherically important ClO + CH
3
O
2
reaction (1) have been studied over the range
T
= 250-298 K at
p
= 760 Torr using laser flash photolysis radical generation, coupled with time resolved ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy, employing broad spectral monitoring using a charge coupled device detector array. ClO radicals were monitored unequivocally using this technique, and introduction of CH
3
O
2
precursors ensured known initial methylperoxy radical concentrations. ClO temporal profiles were thereafter analysed to extract kinetic parameters for reaction (1). A detailed sensitivity analysis was also performed to examine any potential systematic variability in
k
1
as a function of kinetic or physical uncertainties. The kinetic data recorded in this work show good agreement with the most recent previous study of this reaction, reported by Leather
et al.
The current work reports an Arrhenius parameterisation for
k
1
, given by:
. This work therefore concurs with that of Leather
et al.
implying that the title reaction is potentially less significant in the atmosphere than inferred from preceding studies. However, reaction (1) is evidently a non-terminating radical reaction, whose effects upon atmospheric composition therefore need to be ascertained through atmospheric model studies.
Temporal traces showing the effect of increasing added methanol (red → orange) to a Cl/Cl
2
O photolysis system, showing the progressive reduction of [ClO]
0
with increased [CH
3
OH] but an increased rate of ClO loss at lower [ClO]
0
, indicative of the ClO + HO
2
reaction. |
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ISSN: | 1463-9076 1463-9084 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c6cp00724d |