The Arrhenius parameters of the bimolecular rate constants for the decay of several phenoxyl radicals in aqueous solution were measured. The p-halophenoxyl radicals (F, Cl, and Br) decay in a diffusion controlled reaction as the activation energies are the same as that of diffusion of water (16 +/- 1.5 kJ . mol-1). The A factors are 10(12.2 +/- 0.2). For alkyl and alkoxy substituted phenoxyl, slightly higher activation energies were found (19.5 - 21.9 kJ . mol-1).