Thermochemical Aspects of Hydrocarbon Oxidation

3 Thermochemical Aspects of Hydrocarbon Oxidation In general, the situation is substantially undianged from that reported two years ago, and in particular the additivity rules given by Benson et al. continue 

The relative importance of the normally accepted initiation reaction (1) in hydrocarbon oxidation was discussed in the earlier Report no new values for Ati are 

Whereas, at 800 K, small amounts of added O2 (up to 10 %) greatly accelerate acetaldehyde decomposition, at 1030 K little eflFect is observed. The changing influence of O2 may be explained by the relative importance of the two competing initiation reactions, (30) and (la). 

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