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SUBMITTER: Krebs T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2872382 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krebs Thomas T Nathanson Gilbert M GM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100201 15
Molecular beam scattering experiments are used to investigate reactions of SO(2) at the surface of a molten alkali carbonate eutectic at 683 K. We find that two-thirds of the SO(2) molecules that thermalize at the surface of the melt are converted to gaseous CO(2) via the reaction SO(2)(g) + CO(3)(2-) --> CO(2)(g) + SO(3)(-2). The CO(2) product is formed from SO(2) in less than 10(-6) s, implying that the reaction takes place in a shallow liquid region less than 100 A deep. The reaction probabil ...[more]