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Kinetic study of reaction C2H5 + HO2 in a photolysis reactor with time-resolved Faraday rotation spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

The rate constant and branching ratios of ethyl reaction with hydroperoxyl radical, C2H5 + HO2 (1), a key radical-radical reaction for intermediate temperature combustion chemistry, were measured in situ for the first time in a photolysis Herriott cell by using mid-IR Faraday rotation spectroscopy (FRS) and UV-IR direct absorption spectroscopy (DAS). The microsecond time-resolved diagnostic technique in this work enabled the direct rate measurements of the target reaction at 40 and 80 mbar and reduced the experimental uncertainty considerably. C2H5 and HO2 radicals were generated by the photolysis of (COCl)2/C2H5I/CH3OH/O2/He mixture at 266 nm. By direct measurements of the transient profiles of C2H5, HO2 and OH concentrations, the overall rate constant for this reaction at 297 K was determined as k1(40 mbar) = (3.8 ± 0.8) × 10–11 cm3 molecule–1 s–1 and k1(80 mbar) = (4.1 ± 1.0) × 10–11 cm3 molecule–1 s–1. As a result, the direct observation of hydroxyl radical (OH) indicated that OH formation channel was the major channel with a branching ratio of 0.8 ± 0.1.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0020233
OSTI ID:
1906176
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1777052
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Journal Name: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 38; ISSN 1540-7489
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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