ISSN:
0538-8066
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Isobutane pyrolysis has been studied at 20-200 torr initial pressures and 773-793 K, in a packed reactor treated with PbO and in a reactor packed with platinum foils. These packings strongly inhibit product formation and this effect is explained by the occurrence of the heterogeneous termination step:\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \rm H\cdot\mathrel{\mathop{\relbar\joinrel\longrightarrow}^{walls}} product $\end{document}at the reactor walls. The reaction has been modeled in the temperature and pressure range on the basis of a kinetic scheme which has been proposed for the homogeneous reaction and step (w) with the following values of kw:$$\eqalign{(k_{_{w}})_{_{\rm{PbO}}}&=3.7\ 10^{8}\ \rm{exp} \left[-{9000\over \rm{T}}\right]\rm{S}^{-1}\cr(k_{_{w}})_{_{\rm{Pt}}}&=15000\ \rm{S}^{-1}\ \rm{at\ any\ temperature}\cr}$$for both types of packing. The corresponding sticking coefficients of hydrogen atoms are:$$\eqalign{\gamma _{_{\rm{PbO}}} &=160\ \rm{exp} \left[-{9000\over \rm{T}}\right]\cr\gamma _{_{\rm{Pt}}} &=0.03\cr}$$© 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem. Kinet 30: 439-450,1998
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
