Experiments and Calculations on Rate Coefficients for Pyrolysis of SO 2 and the Reaction O + SO at High Temperatures

Chih Wei Lu, Yu Jong Wu, Yuan-Pern Lee*, R. S. Zhu, Ming-Chang Lin

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Abstract

Rate coefficients for the pyrolysis of SO2 in Ar in the temperature range 2188-4249 K were determined using a diaphragmless shock tube. The concentration of O atoms was monitored with resonance absorption. Rate coefficients determined in this work show Arrhenius behavior, with k la(T) = (4.86 ± 1.31) × 10-9 exp [-(50450 ± 730)/T] cm3 molecule-1 s-1; listed errors represent one standard deviation in fitting. These values are consistent with some previous measurements that show a preexponential factor and activation energy greater than other measurements. Theoretical calculations at the G2M(RCC2) level, using geometries optimized with the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) method, yield energies of transition states and products relative to those of the reactants. Rate coefficients predicted with a microcannonical variational RRKM theory agree well with experimental observations; contributions from electronically excited states of SO2 are significant. Rate coefficients for the recombination O + SO → SO2 are predicted to decrease with temperature with k10a(T) = (4.82 ± 0.05) × 10-31(T/298)-2.17±0.03 cm6 molecule-2 s-1 for the temperature range 298-3000 K. In some experiments, S atoms were monitored with resonance absorption. With detailed chemical modeling, we found that S atoms were mainly produced from the secondary reaction O + SO → S + O2 rather than from direct pyrolysis of SO2 or from further pyrolysis of the SO product. Rate coefficients for this secondary reaction, determined to be k10b(T) = (3.0 ± 0.3) × 10-11 exp [-(6980 ± 280)/T] cm 3 molecule-1 s-1, agree closely with the theoretically predicted value comprising three product-channels via one triplet and two singlet SOO intermediates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11020-11029
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume107
Issue number50
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Dec 2003

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