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Title: Temperature dependence of the rate constants for reactions of the sulfate radical, SO sub 4 sup minus , with anions

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100386a015· OSTI ID:6081943
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  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (USA)

Rate constants have been measured as a function of temperature over the range 10-60{degree}C for the reactions of the sulfate radical, SO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}, with azide, chloride, cyanate, cyanide, acetate, and carbonate anions. Room-temperature rate constants ranged from about 5 {times} 10{sup 6} to 5 {times} 10{sup 9} M{sup {minus}1} s{sup {minus}1}. The variation of the rate constant with substrate depended mainly on the Arrhenius preexponential factor and less on the activation energy. For the reaction of SO{sub 4}{sup {minus}} with Cl{sup {minus}}, the dependence of the rate constant on ionic strength was determined to be in agreement with the theoretical prediction.

OSTI ID:
6081943
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 94:23; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English