SCAVENGING OF RADICALS FROM THE GAS PHASE BY FREEZING WITH DIMETHYL DISULFIDE: 2. RADICALS FROM DISCHARGES AND A FLAME OF ACETYLENE.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/bbpc.19870910703

The method of detecting radicals from low-pressure gas-phase systems by scavenging with dimethyl disulfide (DMD) has been applied to microwave discharges in C//2H//2/He mixtures and to a C//2H//2/O//2 flame. It was accomplished by condensing a supersonic nozzle beam from the reaction system together with a beam of DMD on a liquid-N//2 cooled surface. The scavenging products were measured by GC/MS after warming-up. Radicals measured in the discharge were C//2H, C//4H, C//6H, C//3H//2, C//2 besides H atoms. Preliminary measurements on the flame showed that C//6H//5 (phenyl), CH//2, C//3H//2, besides H and O atoms were prominent radicals at the end of the oxidation zone. The concentration of phenyl is of the same order as that of e. g. naphthalene.