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They shared a similar maximum temperature, as well as virtually identical high temperature kinetics, which implied that the underlying chemistry that produced difference in extinction strain rates lay, in the low-temperature oxidation steps. A numerical study was employed to calculate the extinction strain rate of n-butanol, and compare it with the experimental results. Good correlation was observed between the simulation and experimental data. During gradual increase of strain that led to extinction in the computations, the maximum temperature as well as the reaction zone thickness decreased. The mole fractions of H and OH radicals decreased, while HCO appeared to remain constant throughout the process. The formation of an annular edge flame at high strain rates was also observed experimentally for all the isomers. 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