Environmental Impact of New Chemical Agents for Fire Suppression
Abstract
The environmental impact of chemical agents is intimately tied to the environmental transformations these chemicals undergo. In this project, the most important transformations for various classes of proposed fire suppression agents were investigated and, for the important case of hydrogen abstraction by hydroxyl radicals, a computational screening tool was developed. Rate constants for hydroxyl radical reactions with hydrofluoroethers, perfluoronated alkenes, bromine-containing fluoroalkenes, and fluoroalkanes, were determined. By using the computational tool developed in the project, rate constants and atmospheric lifetimes for several bromine-containing halomethanes were calculated. In addition, the reactivity of several alkyl phosphates with free radicals in water were measured and the solubility of a series of fluoroalkylamines was calculated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 28, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA418320
Entities
People
- Robert E. Huie
Organizations
- United States Army Corps of Engineers