Abstract
The kinetics of the reaction OH + NO2(+M)→ HNO3(+M) have been studied, using flash photolysis to generate OH radicals and time-resolved resonance absorption to observe the rate of their removal. Effective second-order rate constants, k1=(–d ln [OH]/dt)/[NO2], have been determined for the ranges: 220 ⩽T⩽ 550 K and 3.2 × 1017⩽[M]⩽ 1.6 × 1019 molecule cm–3. In this range of [M] the kinetics are in the changeover region between third- and second-order, but values of limiting low and high pressure rate constants have been found using an interpolation procedure due to Troe. Most of the experiments have been carried out with M = N2 but results have also been obtained with M = He, Ar, O2 and SF6.

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