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Absorption of ethylene by aqueous chlorine solution
Author(s) -
Akehata T.,
Johnson A. I.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450430508
Subject(s) - aqueous solution , hydrochloric acid , chlorine , ethylene , mass transfer , chemistry , absorption (acoustics) , diffusion , reaction rate constant , catalysis , reaction rate , absorption capacity , inorganic chemistry , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , materials science , chromatography , kinetics , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , composite material
A study has been made of the rates of absorption of ethylene into aqueous chlorine solutions. The results are reported graphically as enhancement factors which have been compared with the predictions of the Hatta theory and with a simple model based on slow chemical reaction and diffusion of the main reactants. At lower temperatures the proposed model provides a reasonable description of the reaction accompanied mass transfer and yielded a rate constant for the formation of ethylene chlorohydrin; at 20 °C. and above, the Hatta model is sufficient. Studies were made using solutions with increased concentrations of hydrochloric acid and hypochlorous acid and the catalytic effect of glass and gas liquid surfaces was studied.