AN INVESTIGATION OF HIGH ENERGY STORAGE CONCEPTS.
Abstract
Normal octacosane was subjected to the action of a glow discharge in helium, helium-oxygen, and helium-water atmospheres. Three samples obtained from the reactions performed in the presence of oxygen showed increased energy content (17% above the heat of combustion of pure n-octacosane); all other samples had heats of combustion equal to or lower than that of the starting material. In addition to combustion calorimetry, the products were analyzed by infrared, ultraviolet, and EPR spectroscopy. Some samples were subjected to elemental analysis and found to contain other, unidentified elements in addition to carbon and hydrogen. The H:C ratios were in all cases lower than the ratio of these two elements in the starting material. The glow discharge reaction and the warm-up process were closely monitored by pressure measurements, mass spectroscopy, and analysis of the by-products. The occurrence of unconventional processes involving oxygen, argon, and possibly novel types of hydrocarbon material can be deduced from the experimental results. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0376174
Entities
People
- Kay L. Paciorek
- Reinhold H. Kratzer