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| | Reaction Kinetics of OH Radicals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Although several previous studies have investigated the kinetics of the gas-phase reactions of small PAHs with OH (for example, the rate constants for the reactions of naphthalene, acenaphthalene, phenanthrene, and anthracene with OH are well known) there have been no kinetic studies of the reactions of OH with methylphenanthrenes, particularly as a function of temperature. |
 | | Clearly, more kinetic data for the gas-phase reactions of these compounds with OH are needed to help predict the fate of these compounds in the troposphere. |
 | | In this study, we have measured the rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of 1-, 2-, 3-, and 9-methylphenanthrene with the OH radical, all as a function of temperature. |
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