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Kinetics of the reaction of CH 3 O 2 with ClO at 293 K
Author(s) -
Kenner R. D.,
Ryan K. R.,
Plumb I. C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/93gl01891
Subject(s) - stratosphere , kinetics , chemical kinetics , chemical reaction kinetics , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , mass spectrometry , physics , environmental chemistry , meteorology , chromatography , quantum mechanics
The reaction of CH 3 O 2 with ClO has been studied at 293 K using a flow reactor sampled by a mass spectrometer. Under conditions where [ClO] » [CH 3 O 2 ], the CH 3 O 2 decayed under pseudo‐first‐order conditions giving a rate coefficient of (1.9±0.4)×10 −12 cm³ s −1 . CH 3 OCl was detected as a reaction product. The implications of the measurements for the chemistry of the stratosphere are discussed briefly.