Photodegradation of butyl acrylate in the troposphere by OH radicals: kinetics and fate of 1,2-hydroxyalcoxy radicals

M. B .BLANCO AND M.A.TERUEL

JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD

Año: 2008 p. 397 - 397

p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The rate constant of the reaction of OH radicals with butyl acrylate was studied for the first time using an atmospheric simulation chamber at 298 K and ~750 Torr of air or nitrogen. The decay of the organics was followed using a gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector (GC-FID), and the rate constant was determined using a relative rate method with different references. The obtained average value of (1.80