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Direct kinetic measurement of the reaction of the simplest Criegee intermediate with water vapor
(2015-02-13)
Chao, Wen
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Hsieh, Jun-Ting
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Chang, Chun-Hung
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Lin, Jim Jr-Min
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Carbonyl oxides, or Criegee intermediates, are important transient species formed in the reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons with ozone. Although direct detection of Criegee intermediates has recently been realized, the main atmospheric sink of Criegee intermediates remains unclear. We report ultraviolet absorption spectroscopic measurements of the lifetime of the simplest Criegee intermediate, CH2OO, at various relative humidity levels up to 85% at 298 kelvin. An extremely fast decay rate of CH2OO was observed at high humidity. The observed quadratic dependence of the decay rate on water concentration implied a predominant reaction with water dimer. On the basis of the water dimer equilibrium constant, the effective rate coefficient of the CH2OO + (H2O)(2) reaction was determined to be 6.5 (+/-0.8) x 10(-12) cubic centimeters per second. This work would help modelers to better constrain the atmospheric concentrations of CH2OO.
The UV absorption spectrum of the simplest Criegee intermediate CH2OO
(2014)
Ting, Wei-Lun
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Chen, Ying-Hsuan
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Chao, Wen
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Smith, Mica C.
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Lin, Jim Jr-Min
SO2 scavenging and self-reaction of CH2OO were utilized for the decay of CH2OO to extract the absorption spectrum of CH2OO under bulk conditions. Absolute absorption cross sections of CH2OO at 308.4 and 351.8 nm were obtained from laser-depletion measurements in a jet-cooled molecular beam. The peak cross section is (1.23 +/- 0.18) x 10(-17) cm(2) at 340 nm.