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Thermal decomposition of perfluoro‐di‐ t ‐butyl peroxide
Author(s) -
Ireton R.,
Gordon A. S.,
Tardy D. C.
Publication year - 1977
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.550090508
Subject(s) - chemistry , thermal decomposition , arrhenius equation , decomposition , peroxide , reaction rate constant , homogeneous , torr , organic peroxide , chemical decomposition , thermodynamics , analytical chemistry (journal) , kinetics , activation energy , organic chemistry , polymer , physics , quantum mechanics , copolymer
The thermal decomposition of perfluoro‐di‐ t ‐butyl peroxide has been studied for the first time. The reaction was carried out in the gas phase between 5 and 600 torr in the 108‐149°C temperature region. The products consisted solely of C 2 F 6 and CF 3 COCF 3 . The decomposition was found to be first order and homogeneous. The rate constant is given by log k decomp (sec −1 ) = (16.2 ± 1.2) ‐ (148.7 4.4)/2.3 RT where R is 0.008314kJ/mol · °K. These Arrhenius parameters are consistent with those determined for the decomposition of di ‐ t ‐butyl peroxide.