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B. Picquet, J.F. Doussin, A. Monod, R. Durand-Jolibois, H. Loirat and P. Carlier

Abstract

Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Reactions of OH Radicals with Some Oxygenated VOC under Simulated Atmospheric Conditions Guest contribution B Picquet, JF Doussin, A Monod, R. Durand-Jolibois, H Loirat and P. Carlier Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques, UMR-CNRS 7583, 61 Av.du General de Gaulle, 94010, Creteil cedex, France Introduction For several years, anthropic emissions of oxygenated volatile organic compounds have increased. Alcohols, ethers and esters are widely used in paints and are employed in fuels as substitutes for lead alkyls or as alternative fuels. Hydroxyl radicals are the major sink of these compounds during the day. Their photo-oxydation chain contributes to the production of photo-oxidants such as ozone. However, models usually do not take them into account because too little is known about these compounds in the atmosphere. Therefore

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