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High temperature decomposition of ethane
Author(s) -
Burcat Alexander,
Skinner Gordon B.,
Crossley Robert W.,
Scheller Karl
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.550050305
Subject(s) - chemistry , arrhenius equation , shock tube , atmospheric temperature range , thermal decomposition , dissociation (chemistry) , methane , argon , reaction rate constant , radical , thermodynamics , decomposition , shock wave , kinetics , organic chemistry , activation energy , physics , quantum mechanics
Measurements of the rate of formation of methane in the thermal decomposition of ethane in dilute mixtures with argon were made by the shock tube technique. Derived values of the rate constant of the dissociation reaction are compared with earlier data of the same type and with recent shock tube data on the combination of methyl radicals. An RRKM calculation correlating all the data is described, from which an Arrhenius equation for the range 1000–1500°K, log k ∞ = 16.9 − 89,500/2.3 RT , is obtained.