MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF DETONATION INITIATION: THE CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF SHOCKED ORGANIC HALIDES.

Abstract

A single-pulse shock tube has been designed, constructed and used to study the kinetics of methyl iodide and ethyl iodide pyrolysis in the range 2700-2900 K. For methyl iodide the chief products are methane, ethylene, acetylene and iodine and for ethyl iodide they are the same plus ethane. The experimental data seem to support a mechanism in methyl iodide pyrolysis that is free-radical in nature and involves one activation step. In the ethyl iodide case there appear to be two separate free-radical activations, one involving cleavage of the carbon-carbon bond and the other that of the carbon-iodine bond. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0475367

Entities

People

  • Jimmy F. Smith
  • Robert D. Buchwald

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acetylenes
  • Acyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Alkenes
  • Alkynes
  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Detonations
  • Ethylenes
  • Experimental Data
  • Free Radicals
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Kinetics
  • Organic Compounds
  • Pyrolysis
  • Shock Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry