Modeling nitrogen chemistry in combustion

P Glarborg, JA Miller, B Ruscic… - Progress in energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding of the chemical processes that govern formation and destruction of nitrogen
oxides (NO x) in combustion processes continues to be a challenge. Even though this area …

Reactions at very low temperatures: gas kinetics at a new frontier

IWM Smith - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A new era in chemical kinetics was heralded 20 years ago by the results reported by
Bertrand Rowe, then at the Laboratoire d AØrothermique in Meudon.[1] Using an apparatus …

Current state of modeling the photochemistry of Titan's mutually dependent atmosphere and ionosphere

EH Wilson, SK Atreya - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of recent observations, microphysical models, and laboratory data, a
photochemical model of Titan's atmosphere, including updated chemistry focusing on rate …

Long-range transition state theory

Y Georgievskii, SJ Klippenstein - The Journal of chemical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
The implementation of variational transition state theory (VTST) for long-range asymptotic
potential forms is considered, with particular emphasis on the energy and total angular …

Coupling photochemistry with haze formation in Titan's atmosphere, part I: Model description

PP Lavvas, A Coustenis, IM Vardavas - Planetary and Space Science, 2008 - Elsevier
We introduce a new 1D coupled Radiative/Convective-Photochemical-Microphysical model
for a planetary atmosphere and apply it to Titan. The model incorporates detailed radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and kinetic modeling study of NO formation in premixed CH4+ O2+ N2 flames

X Han, ML Lavadera, C Brackmann, Z Wang, Y He… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The nitric oxide (NO) formation in methane (CH 4) flames has been widely investigated, with
quite a few kinetic mechanisms available in the literature. However, studies have shown that …

Experimental studies of gas-phase reactivity in relation to complex organic molecules in star-forming regions

IR Cooke, IR Sims - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
The field of astrochemistry concerns the formation and abundance of molecules in the
interstellar medium, star-forming regions, exoplanets, and solar system bodies. These …

Neutral–neutral reactions at the temperatures of interstellar clouds Rate coefficients for reactions of C 2 H radicals with O 2, C 2 H 2, C 2 H 4 and C 3 H 6 down to 15 K

D Chastaing, PL James, IR Sims, IWM Smith - Faraday Discussions, 1998 - pubs.rsc.org
A CRESU (Cine′ tique de Re′ action en Ecoulement Supersonique Uniforme) apparatus
has been used to measure rate constants for the reactions of the ethynyl radical (C2H) with …

Laboratory astrochemistry: gas-phase processes

IWM Smith - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
A major aim of astrochemistry is to explain the nature and abundance of the molecules
observed in the interstellar medium (ISM). Three kinds of activity are involved:(a) the …

Seasonal variations of Titan's atmospheric composition

S Lebonnois, D Toublanc, F Hourdin, P Rannou - Icarus, 2001 - Elsevier
In order to investigate seasonal variations of the composition of Titan's low stratosphere, we
developed a two-dimensional (latitude–altitude) photochemical and transport model. Large …