Thermal Decomposition of Nitromethane and Reaction between CH3 and NO2.The thermal decomposition of gaseous nitromethane and the subsequent bimolecular reaction between CH3 and NO2 have been experimentally studied using time-resolved cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy behind reflected shock waves in the temperature range 1336-1827 K and at a pressure of 100 kPa. 
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