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IT is possible to make a classification of all the different types of mechanisms which correspond to a given order of the initial rate of the homogeneous gas phase thermal decomposition of simple organic compounds1 if a free-radical chain mechanism is admitted. These types of mechanisms differ in two ways: (a) in the type of radicals which takes part in the chain-breaking step, which can be a bimolecular reaction or a triple collision; and (b) in the chain-initiating step, which can be monomolecular or bimolecular.
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BRIL, K., GOLDFINGER, P., MATTYS, H. et al. Inhibition of the Homogeneous Thermal Decomposition of Acetaldehyde by Chemically Inert Gases. Nature 166, 405–406 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166405a0
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