Open AccessThe kinetics of the heterogeneous thermal decomposition of methyl formate
Publication year - 1930
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.1930.0060
Subject(s) - formate , thermal decomposition , methyl formate , decomposition , kinetics , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
In investigating the rates of chemical reactions, gaseous systems are to be preferred on account of their simplicity. The investigation of the thermal decomposition of organic compounds in the gaseous state possesses the added advantage that there is only one reactant. The present investigation deals with the thermal decomposition of gaseous methyl formate. The apparatus was essentially the same as that which has been employed by Hinshelwood and his co-workers in a large number of investigations.