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Pyrolysis of CH 2 ClCH 3 : Considerations about its molecular nature
Author(s) -
Huybrechts G.,
Hubin Y.,
Van Mele B.
Publication year - 1992
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.550240707
Subject(s) - chemistry , radical , pyrolysis , chain reaction , reaction mechanism , elementary reaction , computational chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , kinetics , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Numerical integrations of a hypothetical radical chain reaction model have been performed for the pyrolysis of CH 2 ClCH 3 which is known to be molecular. Analyses of the modelling results have led to a better understanding of the participation (or nonparticipation) of “dead” radicals in the self‐inhibition of the radical chain reaction. Attention is focused on the fact that apparently slow elementary reactions still may have to be taken into account in a pyrolysis mechanism when they produce “dead” radicals which can accumulate. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.