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Chain reactions in stirred‐flow reactors–a tool for exploring initiation and termination steps independently
Author(s) -
Benson Sidney W.,
Weissman Maia
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550131209
Subject(s) - chemistry , chain reaction , chain (unit) , radical , flow (mathematics) , chain termination , continuous stirred tank reactor , continuous reactor , reaction rate , reaction rate constant , thermodynamics , mechanics , kinetics , photochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , classical mechanics , polymerization , radical polymerization , physics , astronomy , polymer
It is shown that chain reactions may be studied in stirred‐flow reactors under conditions in which the escape of radicals from the reactor competes significantly with the chemical termination reaction. The appropriate rate law permits the independent evaluation of the rate constants of the initiation and termination steps. Such information is of special interest in the study of surface effects on chain reactions.