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Combustion is a reactive oxidation process that releases energy bound in chemical compounds used as fuels─energy that is needed for power generation, transportation, heating, and industrial purposes. Because of greenhouse gas and local pollutant emissions associated with fossil fuels, combustion science and applications are challenged to abandon conventional pathways and to adapt toward the demand of future carbon neutrality. For the design of efficient, low-emission processes, understanding the details of the relevant chemical transformations is essential. Comprehensive knowledge gained from decades of fossil-fuel combustion research includes general principles for establishing and validating reaction mechanisms and process models, relying on both theory and experiments with a suite of analytic monitoring and sensing techniques. Such knowledge can be advantageously applied and extended to configure, analyze, and control new systems using different, nonfossil, potentially zero-carbon fuels. Understanding the impact of combustion and its links with chemistry needs some background. The introduction therefore combines information on exemplary cultural and technological achievements using combustion and on nature and effects of combustion emissions. Subsequently, the methodology of combustion chemistry research is described. A major part is devoted to fuels, followed by a discussion of selected combustion applications, illustrating the chemical information needed for the future.
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Zádor J, Martí C, Van de Vijver R, Johansen SL, Yang Y, Michelsen HA, Najm HN. Automated Reaction Kinetics of Gas-Phase Organic Species over Multiwell Potential Energy Surfaces. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:565-588. [PMID: 36607817 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Automation of rate-coefficient calculations for gas-phase organic species became possible in recent years and has transformed how we explore these complicated systems computationally. Kinetics workflow tools bring rigor and speed and eliminate a large fraction of manual labor and related error sources. In this paper we give an overview of this quickly evolving field and illustrate, through five detailed examples, the capabilities of our own automated tool, KinBot. We bring examples from combustion and atmospheric chemistry of C-, H-, O-, and N-atom-containing species that are relevant to molecular weight growth and autoxidation processes. The examples shed light on the capabilities of automation and also highlight particular challenges associated with the various chemical systems that need to be addressed in future work.
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Affiliation(s)
- Judit Zádor
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore94550, California, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore94550, California, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore94550, California, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore94550, California, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder80309, Colorado, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore94550, California, United States
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Couch DE, Mulvihill CR, Sivaramakrishnan R, Au K, Taatjes CA, Sheps L. Quantification of Key Peroxy and Hydroperoxide Intermediates in the Low-Temperature Oxidation of Dimethyl Ether. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:9497-9509. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- David E. Couch
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California94551, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois60439, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California94551, United States
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Kohse-Höinghaus K. Combustion in the future: The importance of chemistry. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMBUSTION 2020; 38:S1540-7489(20)30501-0. [PMID: 33013234 PMCID: PMC7518234 DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Combustion involves chemical reactions that are often highly exothermic. Combustion systems utilize the energy of chemical compounds released during this reactive process for transportation, to generate electric power, or to provide heat for various applications. Chemistry and combustion are interlinked in several ways. The outcome of a combustion process in terms of its energy and material balance, regarding the delivery of useful work as well as the generation of harmful emissions, depends sensitively on the molecular nature of the respective fuel. The design of efficient, low-emission combustion processes in compliance with air quality and climate goals suggests a closer inspection of the molecular properties and reactions of conventional, bio-derived, and synthetic fuels. Information about flammability, reaction intensity, and potentially hazardous combustion by-products is important also for safety considerations. Moreover, some of the compounds that serve as fuels can assume important roles in chemical energy storage and conversion. Combustion processes can furthermore be used to synthesize materials with attractive properties. A systematic understanding of the combustion behavior thus demands chemical knowledge. Desirable information includes properties of the thermodynamic states before and after the combustion reactions and relevant details about the dynamic processes that occur during the reactive transformations from the fuel and oxidizer to the products under the given boundary conditions. Combustion systems can be described, tailored, and improved by taking chemical knowledge into account. Combining theory, experiment, model development, simulation, and a systematic analysis of uncertainties enables qualitative or even quantitative predictions for many combustion situations of practical relevance. This article can highlight only a few of the numerous investigations on chemical processes for combustion and combustion-related science and applications, with a main focus on gas-phase reaction systems. It attempts to provide a snapshot of recent progress and a guide to exciting opportunities that drive such research beyond fossil combustion.
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Key Words
- 2M2B, 2-methyl-2-butene
- AFM, atomic force microscopy
- ALS, Advanced Light Source
- APCI, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
- ARAS, atomic resonance absorption spectroscopy
- ATcT, Active Thermochemical Tables
- BC, black carbon
- BEV, battery electric vehicle
- BTL, biomass-to-liquid
- Biofuels
- CA, crank angle
- CCS, carbon capture and storage
- CEAS, cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy
- CFD, computational fluid dynamics
- CI, compression ignition
- CRDS, cavity ring-down spectroscopy
- CTL, coal-to-liquid
- Combustion
- Combustion chemistry
- Combustion diagnostics
- Combustion kinetics
- Combustion modeling
- Combustion synthesis
- DBE, di-n-butyl ether
- DCN, derived cetane number
- DEE, diethyl ether
- DFT, density functional theory
- DFWM, degenerate four-wave mixing
- DMC, dimethyl carbonate
- DME, dimethyl ether
- DMM, dimethoxy methane
- DRIFTS, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy
- EGR, exhaust gas recirculation
- EI, electron ionization
- Emissions
- Energy
- Energy conversion
- FC, fuel cell
- FCEV, fuel cell electric vehicle
- FRET, fluorescence resonance energy transfer
- FT, Fischer-Tropsch
- FTIR, Fourier-transform infrared
- Fuels
- GC, gas chromatography
- GHG, greenhouse gas
- GTL, gas-to-liquid
- GW, global warming
- HAB, height above the burner
- HACA, hydrogen abstraction acetylene addition
- HCCI, homogeneous charge compression ignition
- HFO, heavy fuel oil
- HRTEM, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy
- IC, internal combustion
- ICEV, internal combustion engine vehicle
- IE, ionization energy
- IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IR, infrared
- JSR, jet-stirred reactor
- KDE, kernel density estimation
- KHP, ketohydroperoxide
- LCA, lifecycle analysis
- LH2, liquid hydrogen
- LIF, laser-induced fluorescence
- LIGS, laser-induced grating spectroscopy
- LII, laser-induced incandescence
- LNG, liquefied natural gas
- LOHC, liquid organic hydrogen carrier
- LT, low-temperature
- LTC, low-temperature combustion
- MBMS, molecular-beam MS
- MDO, marine diesel oil
- MS, mass spectrometry
- MTO, methanol-to-olefins
- MVK, methyl vinyl ketone
- NOx, nitrogen oxides
- NTC, negative temperature coefficient
- OME, oxymethylene ether
- OTMS, Orbitrap MS
- PACT, predictive automated computational thermochemistry
- PAH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- PDF, probability density function
- PEM, polymer electrolyte membrane
- PEPICO, photoelectron photoion coincidence
- PES, photoelectron spectrum/spectra
- PFR, plug-flow reactor
- PI, photoionization
- PIE, photoionization efficiency
- PIV, particle imaging velocimetry
- PLIF, planar laser-induced fluorescence
- PM, particulate matter
- PM10 PM2,5, sampled fractions with sizes up to ∼10 and ∼2,5 µm
- PRF, primary reference fuel
- QCL, quantum cascade laser
- RCCI, reactivity-controlled compression ignition
- RCM, rapid compression machine
- REMPI, resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization
- RMG, reaction mechanism generator
- RON, research octane number
- Reaction mechanisms
- SI, spark ignition
- SIMS, secondary ion mass spectrometry
- SNG, synthetic natural gas
- SNR, signal-to-noise ratio
- SOA, secondary organic aerosol
- SOEC, solid-oxide electrolysis cell
- SOFC, solid-oxide fuel cell
- SOx, sulfur oxides
- STM, scanning tunneling microscopy
- SVO, straight vegetable oil
- Synthetic fuels
- TDLAS, tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
- TOF-MS, time-of-flight MS
- TPES, threshold photoelectron spectrum/spectra
- TPRF, toluene primary reference fuel
- TSI, threshold sooting index
- TiRe-LII, time-resolved LII
- UFP, ultrafine particle
- VOC, volatile organic compound
- VUV, vacuum ultraviolet
- WLTP, Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure
- XAS, X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- YSI, yield sooting index
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Lockhart JPA, Gross EC, Sears TJ, Hall GE. Kinetic study of the OH + ethylene reaction using frequency‐modulated laser absorption spectroscopy. INT J CHEM KINET 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.21265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Department of ChemistryStony Brook University Stony Brook New York
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- Division of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton New York
- Department of ChemistryStony Brook University Stony Brook New York
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- Division of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton New York
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Iyer S, Rissanen MP, Kurtén T. Reaction between Peroxy and Alkoxy Radicals Can Form Stable Adducts. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2051-2057. [PMID: 30958011 PMCID: PMC6727596 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Peroxy (RO2) and alkoxy (RO) radicals are prototypical intermediates in any hydrocarbon oxidation. In this work, we use computational methods to (1) study the mechanism and kinetics of the RO2 + OH reaction for previously unexplored "R" structures (R = CH(O)CH2 and R = CH3C(O)) and (2) investigate a hitherto unaccounted channel of molecular growth, R'O2 + RO. On the singlet surface, these reactions rapidly form ROOOH and R'OOOR adducts, respectively. The former decomposes to RO + HO2 and R(O)OH + O2 products, while the main decomposition channel for the latter is back to the reactant radicals. Decomposition rates of R'OOOR adducts varied between 103 and 0.015 s-1 at 298 K and 1 atm. The most long-lived R'OOOR adducts likely account for some fraction of the elemental compositions detected in the atmosphere that are commonly assigned to stable covalently bound dimers.
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- Siddharth Iyer
- Department of Chemistry and Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Aerosol
Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Tampere
University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
- Department
of Physics and Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research
(INAR), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Stone D, Au K, Sime S, Medeiros DJ, Blitz M, Seakins PW, Decker Z, Sheps L. Unimolecular decomposition kinetics of the stabilised Criegee intermediates CH 2OO and CD 2OO. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:24940-24954. [PMID: 30238099 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05332d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Decomposition kinetics of stabilised CH2OO and CD2OO Criegee intermediates have been investigated as a function of temperature (450-650 K) and pressure (2-350 Torr) using flash photolysis coupled with time-resolved cavity-enhanced broadband UV absorption spectroscopy. Decomposition of CD2OO was observed to be faster than CH2OO under equivalent conditions. Production of OH radicals following CH2OO decomposition was also monitored using flash photolysis with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF), with results indicating direct production of OH in the v = 0 and v = 1 states in low yields. Master equation calculations performed using the Master Equation Solver for Multi-Energy well Reactions (MESMER) enabled fitting of the barriers for the decomposition of CH2OO and CD2OO to the experimental data. Parameterisations of the decomposition rate coefficients, calculated by MESMER, are provided for use in atmospheric models and implications of the results are discussed. For CH2OO, the MESMER fits require an increase in the calculated barrier height from 78.2 kJ mol-1 to 81.8 kJ mol-1 using a temperature-dependent exponential down model for collisional energy transfer with ΔEdown = 32.6(T/298 K)1.7 cm-1 in He. The low- and high-pressure limit rate coefficients are k1,0 = 3.2 × 10-4(T/298)-5.81exp(-12 770/T) cm3 s-1 and k1,∞ = 1.4 × 1013(T/298)0.06exp(-10 010/T) s-1, with median uncertainty of ∼12% over the range of experimental conditions used here. Extrapolation to atmospheric conditions yields k1(298 K, 760 Torr) = 1.1+1.5-1.1 × 10-3 s-1. For CD2OO, MESMER calculations result in ΔEdown = 39.6(T/298 K)1.3 cm-1 in He and a small decrease in the calculated barrier to decomposition from 81.0 kJ mol-1 to 80.1 kJ mol-1. The fitted rate coefficients for CD2OO are k2,0 = 5.2 × 10-5(T/298)-5.28exp(-11 610/T) cm3 s-1 and k2,∞ = 1.2 × 1013(T/298)0.06exp(-9800/T) s-1, with overall error of ∼6% over the present range of temperature and pressure. The extrapolated k2(298 K, 760 Torr) = 5.5+9.2-5.5 × 10-3 s-1. The master equation calculations for CH2OO indicate decomposition yields of 63.7% for H2 + CO2, 36.0% for H2O + CO and 0.3% for OH + HCO with no significant dependence on temperature between 400 and 1200 K or pressure between 1 and 3000 Torr.
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- Daniel Stone
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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Mai TVT, Duong MV, Nguyen HT, Huynh LK. Ab initio kinetics of the HOSO 2 + 3O 2 → SO 3 + HO 2 reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:6677-6687. [PMID: 29457181 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07704a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The detailed kinetic mechanism of the HOSO2 + 3O2 reaction, which plays a pivotal role in the atmospheric oxidation of SO2, was investigated using accurate electronic structure calculations and novel statistical thermodynamic/kinetic models. Explored using the accurate composite method W1U, the detailed potential energy surface (PES) revealed that the addition of O2 to a HOSO2 radical to form the adduct (HOSO4) proceeds via a transition state with a slightly positive barrier (i.e., 0.7 kcal mol-1 at 0 K). Such a finding compromises a long-term hypothesis about this channel of being a barrierless process. Moreover, the overall reaction was found to be slightly exothermic by 1.7 kcal mol-1 at 0 K, which is in good agreement with recent studies. On the newly-constructed PES, the temperature- and pressure-dependent behaviors of the title reaction were characterized in a wide range of conditions (T = 200-1000 K & P = 10-760 Torr) using the integrated deterministic and stochastic master equation/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (ME/RRKM) rate model in which corrections for hindered internal rotation (HIR) and tunneling treatments were included. The calculated numbers were found to be in excellent agreement with literature data. The sensitivity analyses on the derived rate coefficients with respect to the ab initio input parameters (i.e., barrier height and energy transfer) were also performed to further understand the kinetic behaviors of the title reaction. The detailed kinetic mechanism, consisting of thermodynamic and kinetic data (in NASA polynomial and modified Arrhenius formats, respectively), was also provided at different T & P for further use in the modeling/simulation of any related systems.
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- Tam V-T Mai
- Molecular Science and Nano-Materials Lab, Institute for Computational Science and Technology, SBI Building, Quang Trung Software City, Tan Chanh Hiep Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Wang S, Wang L. The atmospheric oxidation of dimethyl, diethyl, and diisopropyl ethers. The role of the intramolecular hydrogen shift in peroxy radicals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:7707-14. [PMID: 26907474 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07199b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The atmospheric oxidation mechanisms of dimethyl ether (DME), diethyl ether (DEE) and diisopropyl ether (DiPE) are studied by using quantum chemistry and unimolecular reaction theory (RRKM-ME) calculations. For the peroxy radical CH3OCH2O2˙ from DME, a barrier height of ∼ 85 kJ mol(-1) is found for its intramolecular H-shift to ˙CH2OCH2OOH, which can recombine rapidly with the atmospheric O2. RRKM-ME calculations obtain an effective rate of ∼ 0.1 s(-1) at 298 K for the formation of ˙O2CH2OCH2OOH. For similar radicals in DEE and DiPE, effective rates are 1.6 s(-1) and 1.1 s(-1), respectively. In the atmosphere, these unimolecular reactions are fast enough to compete with the bimolecular reactions with NO and/or HO2, especially when [NO] is low. The fates of radicals after the H-shifts are also examined here. Several subsequent reactions are found to recycle OH radicals. New mechanisms are proposed on the basis of present calculations and are consistent with previous experimental results. In the atmosphere, the routes via H-shifts represent an auto-oxidation of these ethers with no involvement of NOx and therefore no O3 formation, and also a self-cleaning mechanism of organic compounds due to recycling of OH radicals. Some of the end products are highly oxidized with multifunctional groups and high O : C ratios, suggesting their low volatility and potential contribution to secondary organic aerosols.
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- Sainan Wang
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China. and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Burke MP. Harnessing the Combined Power of Theoretical and Experimental Data through Multiscale Informatics. INT J CHEM KINET 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Michael P. Burke
- Department of Mechanical Engineering; Department of Chemical Engineering, and Data Science Institute; Columbia University; New York NY 10027
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division; Argonne National Laboratory; Argonne IL 60439
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Blitz MA, Green NJB, Shannon RJ, Pilling MJ, Seakins PW, Western CM, Robertson SH. Reanalysis of Rate Data for the Reaction CH3 + CH3 → C2H6 Using Revised Cross Sections and a Linearized Second-Order Master Equation. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:7668-82. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b01002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. A. Blitz
- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- Inorganic
Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- Dassault Systèmes, BIOVIA, Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0WN, U.K
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