The room temperature rate coefficient for the reaction Br + Br2O --> B
r-2 + BrO (3) has been measured using the technique of pulse-laser pho
tolysis with long-path transient absorption detection of the BrO react
ion product. A value of k(3) = (2.0 +/- 0.5) x 10(-10) cm(3) molecule(
-1) s(-1) was determined. The photolysis products of Br2O at 308 nm we
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