Reanalysis of rate data for the reaction CH3 + CH3 → C2H6 using revised cross sections and a linearized second-order master equation

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 7668-7682

  Blitz, M A ^a   Green, N J B ^b   Shannon, R J ^a   Pilling, M J ^a   Seakins, P W ^a   Western, C M ^c   Robertson, S H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Cantock's Close   (United Kingdom)

^d ACCELRYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LINEARIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE LIMITS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATIONS; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; LOCAL LINEARIZATION; MATRIX-DIAGONALIZATION METHOD; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION;

RATE CONSTANTS;

EID: 84937157891     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01002     Document Type: Article

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