Open AccessThe slow combustion of ethylene
Publication year - 1933
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.1933.0200
Subject(s) - formic acid , ethylene , hydrogen , combustion , chemistry , oxygen pressure , oxygen , hydroxylation , chemical engineering , metallurgy , materials science , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering , enzyme
Although much work has been done in the slow oxidation of ethylene since one of us with R. V. Wheeler discovered that it involves the intermediate formation of acet- and form-aldehydes and formic acid, without any liberation of either carbon or hydrogen, some difference of opinion has recently arisen as to the nature of the initial product. Bone and Wheeler -who worked with ethylene-oxygen mixtures both in sealed bulbs at 300° to 350° and about 2 atmosphere pressure, and in their circulation apparatus in contact with porous porcelain at 400° and pressures below 500 mm. -concluded that the main course of the combustion could be represented by the following hydroxylation scheme.