Atmospheric chemistry of tertiary-amyl methyl ether (TAME). Final report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7081106

Tertiary-Amyl methyl ether (TAME) has been proposed as an additive to increase the octane of gasoline without the use of tetraethyl lead and alkyl benzenes. Experiments have been performed to examine the kinetics and mechanisms of the atmospheric removal of TAME. The kinetics of the reaction of OH with TAME was examined by using a relative rate technique in which photolysis of methyl nitrite or nitrous acid was used as the source of OH. The OH rate constant for TAME and two major products (t-amyl formate and methyl acetate) were measured and yields for ten products were determined as primary products from the reaction. GC/FTIR/MS was used for the product identifications in this investigation of TAME and was also used to resurvey the product identifications previously reported in related studies of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE).

• Research Organization: ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7081106
• Report Number(s): PB-94-181567/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--83-146340
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
FUEL ADDITIVES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
REACTION KINETICS
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
GASOLINE
HYDROXYL RADICALS
METHYL ETHER
PHOTOLYSIS
ADDITIVES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DECOMPOSITION
ETHERS
FUELS
KINETICS
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
RADICALS
540120* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)