Sources, summary reactivity table

Table 5 Summary Reactivity Table for Common Electron Sources...

The product matrix (Table 8.3) serves as a summary of most of Chapter 8. It is the source and sink matrix that acted as an index to Sections 8.2 through 8.8 filled in with the most common reaction product in generic form. It cannot be stressed too much that everything depends on your ability to recognize the generic class of the sources and sinks that are present in the reaction mixture. However, sometimes a species has a dual reactivity and therefore may fit into more than one generic class. A common example of this is that most anions can behave as a nucleophile or as a base. Chapter 9 discusses the common major decisions. 

Homogeneous gas phase reactions with the reactive hydroxyl species (OH), triplet atomic oxygen (O P) and ozone (O3) together with photol)d ic decomposition were found to be the most important breakdown mechanisms. These are typical reactions of hydrocarbon compounds in the atmosphere. The rates of the various removal processes are highly dependent upon environmental variables such as the intensity of sunlight and the concentrations of other pollutants which act as sources or sinks of the above reactive species. A summary of the breakdown rate predictions appears in Table 2.10. 

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