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The formation of hydrogen cyanide during methacrylonitrile pyrolysis
Author(s) -
Metcalfe E.,
Harman A. R.,
Fardell P. J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810110104
Subject(s) - methacrylonitrile , hydrogen cyanide , pyrolysis , cyanide , hydrogen , chemistry , nitrogen , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , copolymer , acrylonitrile
This short note describes studies of the pyrolysis of methacrylonitrile over a wide range of temperatures under flowing nitrogen at atmospheric pressure. Hydrogen cyanide was not found to be a primary product, but several organic nitriles are formed which decompose at higher temperature (> 1100 K) to produce hydrogen cyanide almost quantitatively.
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