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Author
Mills, R. M.
Title
Flame Inhibition With Electron Attachement as the First Step.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Journal
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 12, No. 3, 513-520, December 1968
Report
NBS 9456
February 20, 1967
14 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
Keywords
flame extinguishment | combustion inhibitors | hydrocarbons | free radicals
Abstract
The suggestion is made that combustion inhibition of the type observed with the use of most halogenated hydrocarbons is due to a two-step process: (1) negative ions and free radicals are formed by dissociative electron attachment with the inhibitior molecules, and then (2) these negative ions and/or free radicals react with the free radicals found in flames.