Open AccessGaseous combustion at high pressures. Part II. — The explosion of hydrogen-air and carbon monoxide-air mixtures
Author(s) -
William A. Bone,
William Arthur Haward
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1921.0071
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , hydrogen , methane , explosive material , chemistry , combustion , primary (astronomy) , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , astronomy , catalysis
In a previous paper upon the subject, the question was propounded whether or no there is any direct relation between the actual rate at which the potential energy of an explosive mixture is transferred on explosion as sensible heat to its products and the magnitude of the chemical affinity between its combining constituents. As the result of an experimental enquiry into the matter, it was proved:– (a ) that, whereas the affinity for oxygen of methane is at least twenty to thirty times greater than that of hydrogen, the time required for the attainment of maximum pressure in the case of the primary methane-air mixture (CH4 + O2 + 4N2 ) is at least some five to eight times as long as that required in the case of the primary hydrogen-air mixture (2H2 + O2 + 4N2 );