Determination of the Rate of Decomposition of Cyclopropane in a Chemical Shock Tube.

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the rate of decomposition of cyclopropane in a single-pulse shock tube. The temperature range covered was 956-1412K with a concentration of 5% cyclopropane in helium-argon. Analyses were made by vapor-phase chromatography. The disagreement of the activation energy and the frequency factor with both the low temperature results and the expected unimolecular frequency factor suggests that there is a change in mechanism and, at the higher temperatures, the reaction becomes bi-molecular. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0856252

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Painter

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chromatography
  • Cyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Decomposition
  • Energy
  • Frequency
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Low Temperature
  • Phase
  • Shock Tubes
  • Tubes
  • Vapor Phases

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Plasma Physics.