A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE REACTIVITY OF AMORPHOUS RED PHOSPHORUS,
Abstract
The reactivity of amorphous red phosphorus specimens obtained from six commercial manufacturers was investigated by a non-isothermal reaction with a sulfuryl chloride-benzene medium. Variations in the reactivity of the phosphorus specimens were measured. The reaction was found to be a pseudo-first reaction, 2 P + 3 SO2Cl2 to 3 SO2 + 2 PCl3, the rate mechanism of which is represented by the differential equation: dT/dt = b (Tm-T). Various chemical and physical properties of the phosphorus were investigated in a search for the underlying causes of the observed differences in reactivity, although no single property was found to account for these differences in all the samples. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 25, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0832086
Entities
People
- Charles A. Lipscomb
- William Ripley