The kinetics of chemical reactions in the products of dissociation of the CO2−H2 gas mixture in microwave discharge

Abstract

The yields of hydrogen atoms, oxygen atoms and molecules, and hydroxyl radicals after a microwave discharge in the mixture of CO2 and H2 were measured by ESR spectroscopy in a flow-type system. A mathematical model of the kinetics of chemical reactions downstream the microwave discharge was devised. The concentrations of particles that cannot be detected under our experimental conditions were estimated.