Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of a series of alkylnaphthalenes with the nitrate radical

PT Phousongphouang, J Arey

Index: Phousongphouang, Patricia T.; Arey, Janet Environmental Science and Technology, 2003 , vol. 37, # 2 p. 308 - 313

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Abstract

Naphthalene and its methyl-, ethyl-, and dimethyl-derivatives are semivolatile polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons expected to be in the gas phase in ambient atmospheres and are subject to nighttime degradation by gas-phase reactions with the nitrate (NO3) radical. Using a relative rate method, rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of NO3 radicals with a series of alkylnaphthalenes have been measured at 298±2 K and atmospheric pressure of ...