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Reactions of carbon vapor with a mixture of argon‐propane in a high intensity arc
Author(s) -
Cholette A.,
Covrtois P. A.,
Parent J. R.
Publication year - 1969
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.5450470416
Subject(s) - propane , diluent , argon , acetylene , carbon fibers , hydrogen , chemistry , arc (geometry) , analytical chemistry (journal) , pyrolysis , methane , materials science , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , composite number , mathematics , composite material , geometry
A high intensity arc reactor wag used to react carbon with a mixture of argon and propane at three different volumetric concentrations. The reaction output, when quenched, gives essentially C 2 H 2 , and hydrogen. The acetylene output depends mostly on the reaction temperature and on the carbon‐hydrogen ratio. While higher concentrations of C 2 H 2 might be obtained by operating the arc with a mixture of argon and propane rather than with pure propane, the efficiency of carbon utilization would be lowered when propane is diluted, the effect being more pronounced at higher concentrations of the diluent. The temperature of the carbon‐propane system is influenced to a small extent only by the presence of a diluent.