High-temperature fast-flow reactor kinetic studies. The AlO/O2 reaction near 1400 K

A high-temperature fast-flow reactor (HTFFR) has been adapted to the study of the kinetics of diatomic radicals via laser induced fluorescence. In this work, the homogeneous gas-phase reaction of AlO with O2 has been investigated near 1400 K. The reaction proceeds via AlO(v)+O2→AlO2 +O; k (v) = (3.1±1.7) ×10−13 ml molecule−1⋅sec−1, with no discernible difference between AlO in the v=0 and 1 vibrational levels.