Some aspects of theory and experiment in the ethane–methyl radical system
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
- Vol. 3 (2) , 105-125
- https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.550030203
Abstract
A critical examination has been made of some aspects of the thermal decomposition of ethane and the reverse recombination reaction. The experimental Arrhenius A‐factors for ethane are, in general, smaller than those which are calculated from thermodynamic quantities together with the observed rate constants for methyl recombination. Theoretical calculations also illustrate a discrepancy between the experimental work on recombination and decomposition. The experimental shapes of k/kα falloff curves and the pressure region of falloff are compared with the predictions of RRKM theory for various models.Keywords
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