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Tunable Diode Laser Diagnostic Studies of H2-Ar-O2 Microwave Plasmas Containing Methane or Methanol

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Tunable infrared diode laser absorption spectroscopy has been used to detect the methyl radical and ten stable molecules in H2-Ar-O2 microwave plasmas containing up to 7.2% of methane or methanol, under both flowing and static conditions. The degree of dissociation of the hydrocarbons varied between 30 and 90% and the methyl radical concentration was found to be in the range 10 10 –10 12 molecules cm −3 . The methyl radical concentration and the concentrations of the stable C-2 hydrocarbons C 2 H 2 , C 2 H 4 , and C 2 H 6 , produced in the plasma decayed exponentially when increasing amounts of O 2 were added at fixed methane or methanol partial pressures. In addition to detecting the hydrocarbon species, the major products CO, CO 2 , and H 2 O were also monitored. For the first time, formaldehyde, formic acid, and methane were detected in methanol microwave plasmas, formaldehyde was detected in methane microwave plasmas. Chemical modeling with 57 reactions was used to successfully predict the concentrations in methane plasmas in the absence of oxygen and the trends for the major chemical product species as oxygen was added.

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    J. Röpcke, L. Mechold & M. Käning

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK

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Röpcke, J., Mechold, L., Käning, M. et al. Tunable Diode Laser Diagnostic Studies of H2-Ar-O2 Microwave Plasmas Containing Methane or Methanol. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 19, 395–419 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021872420200

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