Abstract
The channel for the reaction of nitrogen atoms and methane yielding hydrogen atoms does not exceed 10% at ∼20‡C. The rate constant for the reaction of nitrogen atoms and ethane at ∼20‡C is (4 ± 2)·10−16 cm3/sec.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 705–706, March, 1990.
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Aleksandrov, E.N., Vedeneev, V.I., Kozlov, S.N. et al. Rate constants and mechanism of the reactions of N(4S) atoms with methane and ethane. Russ Chem Bull 39, 625–626 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00959601
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00959601