Kinetics 2

• Write a real example of an initiation reaction.
• Write a real example of a chain reaction.
• What is special about certain chain reactions that cause combustion to be fast?
• Write a real example of a chain termination reaction.
• What is the “species” M?
• What is the effect of having hydrogen present in CO reactions?
• (Note, the oxygen atom O is a reactive intermediate but not a radical.)
• For burning a hydrocarbon, what are two key intermediates along the path to products? (That is, what are the “nexus” species that reaction paths flow to?)