Influence of Organic Carbon on the Radical Chain Reaction Mechanism

5 Influence of Organic Carbon on the Radical Chain Reaction Mechanism 

Primary organic radicals are produced according to the following general reaction  

In many cases the primary radicals react quickly with dissolved oxygen and form peroxy-radicals, which initiate further oxidation processes. 

For this reaction a surplus of oxygen is necessary (Legrini et al., 1993). Three different pathways exist for further reactions (Peyton and Glaze, 1987)  

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