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ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS OF THE ALKANES
Project No. A-58
Leaders: D. C. Baker
J. C. Ball
Scope and Objective
The objective of this project is to prepare a
comprehensive inventory of fundamental data and information on the atmospheric
reactions of the alkanes in a format suitable for publication as a reference
textbook.
Current Status and Future Program
This project was developed during 2004 as an
extension of similar related work conducted by CRC on the atmospheric reactions
of alkenes and aromatics under the direction of Dr. Jack Calvert, Mechanisms
of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Alkenes (A-15) and The Mechanism of
Atmospheric Oxidation of Aromatics Hydrocarbons (A-27).
Projects A-15 and A-27 resulted in the
publication of two books by Oxford University Press (2000, 2002). The proposed
new book is entitled Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Alkanes.
CRC invited others to co-sponsor the work. CRC arranged financial support for
authorships by Drs. Jack Calvert (consultant), Tim Wallington (Ford), John
Orlando (UCAR), Geoffrey Tyndall (UCAR), and Richard Derwent (consultant). Ford
and UCAR provided additional resources to support this effort and the
consultants, Drs. Calvert and Derwent, also arranged for some additional outside
support. Project A-58 includes book chapters on:
I.
Importance of Alkanes in Atmospheric Chemistry of the Urban, Regional,
and Global Scales
II.
Reactions of the Alkanes with the Hydroxy Radical (OH)
III.
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Reactions of Cl, O(3P), NO3,
and O3 with Alkanes
IV.
Mechanisms and End-Products of the Atmospheric Oxidation of Alkanes
V.
Reactions of Oxidation Products of the Alkanes
VI.
Atmospheric Chemistry of the Haloalkanes
VII.
The Primary Photochemical Processes in the Alkanes, Haloalkanes, and Some
of Their Oxidation Products
VIII. Representation of the Atmospheric Chemistry of Alkanes in Models
Through several joint
author team meetings, the final manuscript was developed and underwent committee
technical review and CRC editorial review along with review conducted by an
outside consultant, Dr. Steve Japar.
The final revised
manuscript was submitted to CRC in electronic format as the Final Report
deliverable under this project. Dr. Jack Calvert and the other authors worked
with Oxford University Press (OUP) to convert the manuscript to book form. OUP
has agreed to final contract language. The publisher contract has been arranged
through CRC.
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