Objective ALKYL RADICAL OXIDATION. STUDY OF THE REACTION KINETICS OF PEROXY RADICAL IN A GASEOUS FLAME, BETWEEN 300 AND 700 K THE GOAL IS PRESENTLY TO STUDY SOME RADICAL-RADICAL REACTIONS AT TEMPERATURES UP TO 700 K BY FLASH PHOTOLYSIS AND UV ABSORPTION TECHNIQUES. THE ALKYLPEROXY RADICALS HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMBUSTION AND THE KINETICS OF THEIR REACTIONS HAS NOT YET BEEN STUDIED IN THIS TEMPERATURE RANGE. FROM THESE STUDIES WE WILL GAIN BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF: - THE REACTION MECHANISMS WHICH CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY IN THIS TEMPERATURE RANGE AND - THE ARRHENIUS PARAMETERS FOR USE IN COMPUTER MODELLING OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES. Fields of science natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysis Programme(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX I Address Cours de la libération 351 33405 Talence France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Harwell laboratory OX11 0RA Didcot See on map