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Kinetic investigations of the unimolecular decomposition of dimethylether behind shock waves

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The thermal decomposition of dimethylether was studied behind reflected shock waves at total pressures of 0.3 − 1.3 bar in the temperature range 1270 − 1620 K using H-atom detection by Lyman-α resonance absorption spectroscopy at 121.6 nm.

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  1. Ravi Xavier Fernandes

    Present address: Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, 94551-0969, USA

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  1. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12., D-76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Ravi Xavier Fernandes & Horst Hippler

  2. Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l’Atmosphère UMR CNRS / USTL 8522, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1, 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Cedex, France

    Christa Fittschen

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Fernandes, R.X., Fittschen, C. & Hippler, H. Kinetic investigations of the unimolecular decomposition of dimethylether behind shock waves. React Kinet Catal Lett 96, 279–289 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-009-5505-9

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