Download or read book Kinetics and Mechanism of Combustion-Related Reactions of Methoxy Radicals written by W. A. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reactions of methoxy radicals prepared by the reaction of ground state fluorine atoms with methanol were studied. The intensity of laser-induced fluorescence at 298 nm was used as a measure of methoxy concentration. The presence of various excited molecular products was proven by the analysis of chemiluminescence (CL) spectra. The CL spectra were very complicated and became significantly different when the operating conditions were varied slightly. It was learned that trace amounts of oxygen or air were primarily responsible for these observations.