A kinetics study of the homogeneous and heterogeneous components of the HCl + ClONO_2 reaction

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Friedl, Randall R., Goble, James H., Sander, Stanley P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1986
• Subjects: Antarctic; Molina; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/gl013i012p01351

The kinetics of the reaction HCl + ClONO_2 → Cl_2 + HNO_3 were investigated at 298 K using a flow reactor with FTIR analysis to assess the importance of this reaction for stratospheric chemistry. The observed reaction was characteristic of a heterogeneous process; an upper limit of 5 × 10^(−18)...