Although predicted many years ago, chemically reactive termolecular reactions were thought to be unimportant in defining the behaviour of combustion systems. Now, calculations have shown that such reactions between radicals and long-lived bimolecular complexes can actually play an important role in hydrogen combustion.
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Skodje, R. Three is the magic number. Nature Chem 9, 1038–1039 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2880
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