THE COMBUSTION OF HYDROCARBONS AND FLUORO-SUBSTITUTED HYDROCARBONS WITH NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE AND NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE-OXYGEN MIXTURES,

Abstract

The products of the reaction between n-butane and nitrogen trifluoride; n-butane, nitrogen trifluoride, and oxygen; vinylidene fluoride and oxygen; hexafluoroethane, oxygen, and hydrogen have been studied. The gases were reacted in a calorimeter bomb and the products were analyzed with a mass spectrometer. Hydrogen fluoride was trapped on sodium fluoride; fluorine on mercury. The results showed: (1) that fluorine reacts preferentially with hydrogen to produce hydrogen fluoride; (2) no C-F bonds are produced until there is more than enough fluorine to react with hydrogen; and (3) comparison of adiabatic theoretical calculations with experimentally determined results indicates that shifting equilibrium is followed upon cooling the combustion products from the flame temperature down to about 1700 K. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 1965
Accession Number
AD0475798

Entities

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  • Edgar F. Croomes

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorimeters
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Elements
  • Fluorides
  • Fluorine
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Hydrogen
  • Instrumentation
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Nitrogen
  • Spectrometers

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry