- Write a real example of an initiation reaction.
- Write a real example of a chain reaction.
- What is special about certain chain reactions that cause combustion to be fast?
- Write a real example of a chain termination reaction.
- What is the “species” M?
- What is the effect of having hydrogen present in CO reactions?
- (Note, the oxygen atom O is a reactive intermediate but not a radical.)
- For burning a hydrocarbon, what are two key intermediates along the path to products? (That is, what are the “nexus” species that reaction paths flow to?)