J. czarnowski and h. j. schuhmacher (chem. phys. lett. 17, 235 (1972)) suggested the following mechanism for the thermal decomposition of f, o in the reaction 2 f,0(g) →2f2(g) + o2(g):
(1) f, o+f,0 +f+of+f, o
(2) f+f,0 → f,+of ky
(3) of+of+0,+f+f
(4) f+f+f, o f ,+f,0
use the steady-state approximation to show that this mechanism is consistent with the experimental rate law-drom i [f, o] + kif,013/2,