CH + N2 -> HCN + N

SOURCE:

A preliminary version of an RRKM fit by Rodgers and Smith(1996) to the data of Dean et al (1990) and Lindackers et al (1990).

COMMENTS:

Served as an optimization variable in GRI-Mech 2.1 release. The rate coefficient was decreased by a factor of 1.41.

REFERENCES:

Rodgers and Smith (1996)

Rodgers, A.S., and Smith, G.P. (1996) Chem. Phys. Lett. (in press).

Casleton (1994)

Casleton, K.H. (1994) private communication.

Dean et al. (1990)

Dean, A.J., Hanson, R. K., and Bowman, C.T. (1990) 23rd Symposium (International) on Combustion, p. 259.

Lindackers et al. (1990)

Lindackers, D., Burmeister, M., and Roth, P. (1990) 23rd Symposium (International) on Combustion, p. 251.

Miller and Bowman (1989)

Miller, J. A. and Bowman, C. T. (1989) Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 15, 287.

Glarborg et al. (1986)

Glarborg, P., Miller, J. A., and Kee, R. J. (1986) Combust. Flame 65, 177.

Matsui and Yuuki (1985)

Matsui, Y. and Yuuki, A. (1985) Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 86, 598.

Blauwens et al. (1977)

Blauwens, J., Smets, B., and Peeters, J. (1977) 16th Symposium (International) on Combustion, pp. 1055-1062.

Morley (1976)

Morley, G. (1976) Combust. Flame 27, 189.

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    Temp      delta-S     delta-H      kf          kr         Keq
     (K)    (cal/mol K)  (kcal/mol) ----(mol,cm3,s)-----    
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     300        -4.6         2.5    2.09E-04    1.36E-01    1.53E-03
     500        -4.5         2.5    3.23E+02    4.00E+04    8.06E-03
    1000        -3.6         3.2    1.99E+07    6.15E+08    3.23E-02
    1500        -3.1         3.9    9.50E+08    1.64E+10    5.79E-02
    2000        -2.7         4.5    7.22E+09    8.80E+10    8.20E-02
    2500        -2.5         5.0    2.57E+10    2.48E+11    1.04E-01
    3000        -2.3         5.4    6.24E+10    5.05E+11    1.24E-01
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