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Mechanism for producing NO from nitrogen in flames

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THE principal chemical reactions which generate the pollutant nitric oxide, NO, from atmospheric nitrogen in combustion systems, are generally recognised1 to be those first proposed by Zeldovich2:

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Fuel Technology, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

    A. N. HAYHURST & HEATHER-ANN G. MCLEAN

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HAYHURST, A., MCLEAN, HA. Mechanism for producing NO from nitrogen in flames. Nature 251, 303–305 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251303a0

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