| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N03860/01 |
| Title: |
THE DYNAMICS OF GAS-LIQUID INTERFACIAL REACTIONS OF OXYGEN ATOMS WITH HYDROCARBONS |
| Principal Investigator: |
McKendrick, Professor KG |
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| Department: |
Sch of Engineering and Physical Science |
| Organisation: |
Heriot-Watt University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2000 |
Ends: |
30 April 2003 |
Value (£): |
203,354
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
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Chemicals |
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The principle aim is to make novel direct spectroscopic measurements of the OH products of reactions of O(3P) and (O1D) atoms with liquid hydrocarbon surfaces, To achieve this, a new apparatus will be constructed in which the O atoms will be generated by laser photolysis of appropriate precursors (NO2 or N2O). Preliminary measurements on their reactions with short-chain, gas-phase hydrocarbons will allow the atom production and laser-induced fluorescence detection methods to be optimised, and provide some interesting additional information in their own right. The main thrust of the programme will be to adapt these methods for the first time to the study of reactions of O atoms at the surfaces of relatively long-chain liquid hydrocarbons. OH will be confirmed as a nascent gas-phase product, and its internal state distribution determined for a range of model hydrocarbons, including selected deuterium-labelled molecules. The observed OH internal state distributions will reveal details of the reaction mechanisms. They will be interpreted in comparison with complimentary existing molecular beam scattering data, related spectroscopic studies of the analogous gas phase processes, and classical chemical end product analysis in the end phase.
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http://www.hw.ac.uk |