AN INVESTIGATION OF REACTANTS FOR HIGH ENERGY STORAGE.
Abstract
Octacosane was subjected to glow discharge action using a series of rare gases (He to Xe); only xenon was found to influence the process and to become incorporated to a significant degree (4.45%) in the product. Discharge treatment of a number of hydrocarbons, both saturated and unsaturated, revealed that essentially the same deposit was obtained in each instance. Molecular oxygen-hydrocarbon mixtures or oxygenated compounds, when subjected to discharge treatment, consistently gave products containing both hydroxyl and carbonyl functions. Mechanistic considerations of all the processes involved are discussed. Evaluation of the oxygen bomb calorimetry data with respect to product composition showed the existence of small energy enhancement. The presence of labile hydrogen has been indicated by the pyrolyses results; whereas a high g-value (g = 2.08) signal observed in many of the samples was definitely found to be of organic origin. A connection between the EPR signal and the labile hydrogen was not proven. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0391889
Entities
People
- August H. Maki
- Kay L. Paciorek
- Reinhold H. Kratzer