The reflected shock tube technique with
multipass absorption spectro
metric detection of OH radicals at 308n
m (corresponding to a total path length of ~4.9
m) has been used to study the dissociation of
methanolbetween 1591 and 2865 K. Rate constants for two product channels [CH
3OH +
Kr ![](/i<font color=)
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3 + OH + Kr (1)and CH
3OH + Kr
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1CH
2 + H
2O + Kr (2)] were deter
mined. During the course of the study, it wasnecessary to deter
mine several other rate constants that contributed to the profile fits. These include OH +CH
3OH
![](/i<font color=)
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3)
2CO
![](/i<font color=)
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2COCH
3 + H
2O, and OH + CH
3 ![](/i<font color=)
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1,3CH
2 + H
2O. The derivedexpressions, in units of c
m3 molecule
-1 s,
-1 are
k1 = 9.33 × 10
-9 exp(-30857 K/
T) for 1591-
2287 K,
k2 =3.27 × 10
-10 exp(-25946 K/
T) for 1734-
2287 K,
kOH+CH3OH = 2.96 × 10
-16T1.4434 exp(-57 K/
T) for 210-1710 K,
kOH+(CH3)2CO = (7.3 ± 0.7) × 10
-12 for 1178-1299 K and
kOH+CH3 = (1.3 ± 0.2) × 10
-11 for 1000-1200 K. With these values along with other well-established rate constants, a
mechanis
m was used to obtainprofile fits that agreed with experi
ment to within <±10%. The values obtained for reactions 1 and 2 areco
mpared with earlier deter
minations and also with new theoretical calculations that are presented in thepreceding article in this issue. These new calculations are in good agree
ment with the present data for both(1) and (2) and also for OH + CH
3 ![](/i<font color=)
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