Flame inhibition with electron attachment as the first step

doi:10.1016/0010-2180(68)90068-0

Combustion and Flame

Volume 12, Issue 6, December 1968, Pages 513-520

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Abstract

The suggestion is made that combustion inhibition of the type observed with the use of most halogenated hydrocarbons is due to a two-step process: (1) negative ions and free radicals are formed by dissociative electron attachment with the inhibitor molecules, and then (2) these negative ions and/or free radicals react with the free radicals found in flames. Considerable evidence from the literature is presented which support this idea. It is concluded that, while the evidence is not conclusive, a serious consideration of the idea is justified.

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