Relative kinetic measurements of rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of Cl atoms and OH radicals with a series of methyl alkyl esters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 5407-5414

  Schütze, Nicole ^a   Zhong, Xiaoyin ^a   Kirschbaum, Stefan ^a   Bejan, Iustinian ^a   Barnes, Ian ^a   Benter, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cl atom; Gas phase; Hydroxyl radical; Methyl alkyl esters; Relative kinetics

Indexed keywords

ALKYL ESTERS; CL-ATOM; GAS PHASE; HYDROXYL RADICALS; RELATIVE KINETICS;

ALKYLATION; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CARBOXYLATION; ESTERIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GASES; PHASE INTERFACES;

ESTERS;

CHLORIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GLASS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHYL 2 METHYL BUTANOATE; METHYL ACETATE; METHYL BUTANOATE; METHYL CYCLOHEXANE CARBOXYLATE; METHYL HEPTANOATE; METHYL HEXANOATE; METHYL PROPANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PHASE REACTION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDANT; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78649319072     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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