Effects of Kinetic Mechanism on Diffusion-Controlled Structure of Hydrogen-Halogen Reaction Zones

Abstract Some theoretical computations are completed, illustrating possible influences of reaction mechanism on the structure of the reaction zone, for reactions which occur by a straight-chain process. The occurrence of single and of double reaction fronts is identified. It is demonstrated that while a double front may occur for hydrogen-fluorine systems, in the case of the hydrogen-bromine reaction only a single front is obtained.