Kinetics And Mechanisms Of The OH Radical Initiated Degradation Of A Series Of Hydrofluoroethers

Kinetics and Mechanisms of the OH Radical Initiated Degradation of a Series of Hydrofluoroethers A contribution to subproject CMD Sinead Nolan*, Niamh O'Sullivan*, John Wenger*, Howard Sidebottom* and Jack Treacy^ ^Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland ^School of Chemistry...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 1999-01, Vol.35
Main Authors: Nolan, Sinead, O'Sullivan, Niamh, Wenger, John, Sidebottom, Howard, Treacy, Jack
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric chemistry
Chemical bonds
Chlorofluorocarbon substitutes
Chlorofluorocarbons
Degradation
Free radicals
Kinetics
Organic chemistry
Ozone layer
Ozonosphere
Radicals
Reaction kinetics
Troposphere
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Summary:Kinetics and Mechanisms of the OH Radical Initiated Degradation of a Series of Hydrofluoroethers A contribution to subproject CMD Sinead Nolan*, Niamh O'Sullivan*, John Wenger*, Howard Sidebottom* and Jack Treacy^ ^Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland ^School of Chemistry, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 8, Ireland Introduction Realisation of the harmful effects of chlorofluorocarbon compounds (CFCs) on the ozone layer has led to the search for more environmentally acceptable alternatives. Hydrofluoroethers (HFEs) have been proposed as CFC replacements. One advantage of these compounds is the presence of C-H bonds which allows them to be attacked by OH radicals and thereby undergo reaction in the troposphere. In order to determine the tropospheric lifetimes of these compounds, a knowledge of their rates of reactions with OH radicals is required. In this work the rate con
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/EURO990231