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Table 3 The mechanism for formaldehyde oxidation.

From: Dynamic sensitivity analysis of biological systems

Reaction

Rate constants

HCO + O2 → HO2 + CO

6.02 × 1010

HO2 + CH2O → H2O2 + HCO

3.43 × 1010

H2O2 + M → 2OH + M

4.01 × 106

OH + CH2O → H2O + HCO

9.64 × 1013

OH + H2O2 → H2O + HO2

3.07 × 1012

H2O2 → H2O2(wall)

1.05 × 102

HO2 → HO2(wall)

1.05 × 101

HO2 + HO2 → H2O2 + O2

1.81 × 1012

OH + CO → CO2 + H

1.99 × 1011

HO2 + CO → CO2 + OH

7.23 × 108

H + CH2O → H2 + HCO

1.63 × 1012

H + O2 → OH + O

3.32 × 1010

H + O2 + M → HO2 + M

3.63 × 1015

HO2 + M → H + O2 + M

2.83 × 105

O + H2 → OH + H

1.82 × 1011

O + CH2O → OH + HCO

6.02 × 1013

H + H2O2 → HO2 + H2

7.83 × 1011

H + H2O2 → H2O + OH

3.55 × 1012

O + H2O2 → OH + HO2

6.02 × 1010

HCO → H + CO

4.60 × 10-12

OH + H2 → H2O + H

6.02 × 1012

CH2O + O2 → HCO + HO2

1.75 × 104

H + HO2 → 2OH

3.01 × 1012

H + HO2 → H2O + O

3.01 × 1013

H + HO2 → H2 + O2

2.71 × 1013

  1. The initial concentrations in mol/cm3 are [CH2O] = 1.124 × 10-7, [O2] = 2.109 × 10-6, [CO] = 4.699 × 10-6, [M] = 1.1772 × 10-5 and all other initial concentrations are zeros. Units for rate constants are mol, cm, s and the temperature is 952 K.