THE CARBON-OXYGEN REACTION: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE OXIDATION OF SUSPENDED CARBON SPHERES.

Abstract

Analysis of the carbon-oxygen reaction, at normal pressures, with the use of simultaneous size and weight measurements on single spheres, has substantiated the three zone theory for solid-gas reactions. Experimental results have shown that the true chemical reaction is of zero order with an apparent activation energy of 45 kcal/mole. By combining a zero order, chemical reaction, rate expression with diffusion expressions, it was found that over the temperature range investigated in this study, the overall reaction rate may be described by a single rate expression. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0652933

Entities

People

  • R. H. Essenhigh
  • R. W. Froberg

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Diffusion
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Measurement
  • Oxidation

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics