Gas phase reduction of NO with NH
3 has been investigated by flow method. The reduction temperature in NO-NH
3-O
2-H
2 system is lower than in NO-NH
3-O
2 system. Comparison of the experimental results with numerical calculation on H
2-O
2 system, we deduced as follows-- the active reactions of H
2-O
2 system increase H, O and OH radicals, then those radicals accelerate the formation of NH
2 from NH
3, and this acceleration cause the depression of reaction temperature.
We have also investigated the effects of O
2 concentration, H
2O and H
2O
2. The concentration of O
2 had an effect on the reduction of NO, but on numerical calculation it had little effect on the formation of H, O and OH radicals. At high temperatures, H
2O affected both on the reduction of NO and on the formation of those radicals. H
2O
2 had a large effect on the formation of the radicals, but it had no effect on the NO reduction.
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