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MacLeod et al. 1986
MacLeod, H., Aschmann, S.M., Atkinson, R., Tuazon, E.C., Sweetman, J.A., Winer, A.M. and Pitts, J.N. (1986). Kinetics and mechanisms of the gas phase reactions of the NO3 Radical with a series of reduced sulfur compounds. Journal of Geophysical Research 91: doi: 10.1029/JD091iD05p05338. issn: 0148-0227.

The gas phase reactions of the NO3 radical, a ubiquitous constituent of nighttime atmospheres, with the reduced sulfur compounds COS, CS2 CH3SH, C2H5SH and CH3SSCH3 have been investigated. Using a relative rate technique and long path length Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) absorption spectroscopy, rate constants for these reactions have been determined at 297¿2K in one atmosphere of air. The resulting rate constants (in units of 10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1) are: COS, <0.0004; CS2, <0.008; CH3SH, 10¿3; C2H5SH, 12¿3; and CH3SSCH3, 0.42¿0.09. A number of products from these reactions were determined using FT-IR absorption spectroscopy and combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Atmospheric implications of these kinetic and product data are discussed.

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