Kinetic model for the decomposition of DMMP in a hydrogen/oxygen flame

A kinetic model of the combustion chemistry of a hydrogen/oxygen base name, doped with dimethyl methylphosphonate, a useful simulant for chemical warf are agents (CWAs), has been developed to assist in the controlled thermal d estruction of CWA stockpiles. Laser-ionization mass spectrometry is employe d to record concentration profiles of radical intermediates in a low-pressu re premixed laminar Flame, These measurements, combined with ab initio esti mates of thermochemical properties of organophosphorus compounds, lead to a kinetic model incorporating several key reaction intermediates which inclu de methyl metaphosphate CH3OPO2, methyl dioxophosphorane CH3PO2, and monome thyl methylphosphonate PO(OH)(CH3)(OCH3). (C) 1998 by The Combustion Instit ute.