Understanding and Representing the Distinct Kinetics Induced by Reactive Collisions of Rovibrationally Excited Ephemeral Complexes across Reactive Collider Mole Fractions and Pressures
Understanding and Representing the Distinct Kinetics Induced by Reactive Collisions of Rovibrationally Excited Ephemeral Complexes across Reactive Collider Mole Fractions and Pressures
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理解和表示由旋转激发的短暂复合物在反应对撞机摩尔分数和压力上的反应碰撞引起的独特动力学
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10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08690
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2020
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Burke, Michael P.
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Lei, Lei;Burke, Michael P.
Rovibrationally excited ephemeral complexes AB**, formed from the association of two molecules A + B, are generally considered to undergo collisions only with an inert bath gas M that transfer energy—inducing termolecular association reactions A + B (+M) → AB (+M). Recent studies have demonstrated that reactive collisions of AB**with a third molecule C—inducing chemically termolecular reactions A + B + C → products—can also be significant in combustion and planetary atmospheres. Previous studies on systems with reactive collisions have primarily focused on limited ranges of reactive collider mole fraction,XC, and pressure,P, specific to the chosen application. Yet, it remains to be established how such systems, and the rate constants of their emergent phenomenological reactions, behave over the wideXCandPranges of potential interest—a gap in the present understanding that has impeded the development of broadly applicable rate laws and general treatment of such systems in kinetic modeling. Here, we present results from master equation calculations for HO2**formed from H + O2and its reactions with H to advance understanding and explore representations of systems with reactive colliders across wide ranges ofXCandP. With regard to understanding, we demonstrate that reactive collisions can both (1) increase the overall rate of conversion of reactants to products and (2) alter the branching ratio among final products. With regard to representations in kinetic models, we find that rate constants of all emergent phenomenological reactions—termolecular association A + B (+M), chemically termolecular A + B + C, and bimolecular AB + C—exhibit a richXCandPdependence. We also present analyses to explore the existence of a unique phenomenological representation (or lack thereof) and assess ways for the distinct effects of reactive collisions to be represented in kinetic models.