Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the CN Molecule. I. Decomposition Mechanism for CN Molecules

1 June 1970

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 52 (11) , 5830-5833
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1672865

Abstract

Two different reaction mechanisms,

CN + CN \to C_{2} + N_{2}

and also

CN + M \to C + N + M,

have been reported for the decomposition of CN molecules behind shock waves. The current analytical study demonstrates that these two observed mechanisms are special cases of the generally applicable CN decomposition chain,

CN + M \to C + N + M,

C + CN \to C_{2} + N,

N + CN \to N_{2} + C,

in which the first reaction or a combination of the second and third reactions can dominate, depending on temperature and CN concentration.

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