The Chemistry of HO₂NO₂ and the Photochemistry of the HO_X-NO_X-CO_X System

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1076520· OSTI ID:1076520

Littlejohn, David ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials and Molecular Research Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

The objectives of this work were: (1) to investigate formation and destruction reactions of peroxynitric acid, HO₂NO₂ and (2) to study the photochemistry and kinetics of the HO_x - NO_x - CO_x system were also studied. Investigations were done using infrared spectroscopy to observe the behavior of species involved with the reactions of interest. Several techniques were used, including expansion of reactants into an evacuated cell, static cell decays under constant illumination, and periodic photolysis of flow systems, Infrared absorption cross sections were obtained for CO, CO₂, NO, NO₂, N₂O₅, HNO₃, H₂O₂, and H₂O. The spectroscopic measurements were used to derive kinetic information on the systems under study,

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231; W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 1076520
• Report Number(s): LBL--11480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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