Kinetics of nonstationary chemiluminescence during the inhibited oxidation of hydrocarbons and determination of the rate constants for peroxy radical decay

This paper presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the kinetics of the nonstationary inhibited chemiluminescence and suggests a method for determining the absolute value of the rate constants for the recombination of peroxy radicals and for their removal by reaction with an inhibitor. From the rate curve for the chemiluminescence in the nonstationary regime following the introduction of an inhibitor it is possible simultaneously and independently to determine the absolute values of the rate constants for recombination of the peroxy radicals and their destruction by the inhibitor. Equations are obtained for calculating the time to establish the quasistationary concentration of peroxy radicals and of radicals formed from the inhibitor, using known values of the constants.