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Title: Dissociation of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane behind reflected shock waves :shock tube/time-of-flight mass spectrometry experiments.

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem. A
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp066232n· OSTI ID:939555

The dissociation of 1,1,1,-trifluoroethane, a potential non-RRKM reaction, has been studied at 600 and 1200 Torr and high temperatures (1500-1840 K) using a new shock tube/time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ST/TOF-MS). These data obtained by an independent method are in good agreement with the laser schlieren, LS, experiments of Kiefer et al. [J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 2443-2450] and extend the range of that experimental dataset. The data have been simulated by both standard RRKM calculations and the non-RRKM model reported by Kiefer et al. but with <{Delta}E{sub down}> = 750 cm{sup -1}. Both the RRKM and non-RRKM calculations provide equally good fits to the ST/TOF-MS data. Neither model simulates the combined ST/TOF-MS and LS datasets particularly well. However, the non-RRKM model predicts a pressure dependency closer to that observed in the experiments than the RRKM model.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
939555
Report Number(s):
ANL/CHM/JA-57574; JPCAFH; TRN: US200823%%152
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 111, Issue 19 ; 2007; ISSN 1089-5639
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH