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The pyrolysis of hexachloroethane
Author(s) -
White Merle L.,
Kuntz Robert R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550050203
Subject(s) - chemistry , arrhenius equation , pyrolysis , atmospheric temperature range , thermal decomposition , decomposition , thermodynamics , radical , chlorine , organic chemistry , activation energy , physics
Abstract The thermal decomposition of hexachloroethane in the presence of chlorine has been studied over the temperature range 340‐400°C and a pressure range of 0.5°2.5 atm. The rate of the unimolecular CC bond spliting reaction can be described by the Arrhenius equation\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\log k_1 = 1707 - \frac{{68,300}}{{2.3RT}}$$\end{document}Comparison of these rate data with thermodynamic data suggests a combination rate for CCl 3 radicals which is consistent with earlier measurements.