Constant-volume decomposition of dimethyl ether

PS- B The following data were reported [C. N. Hinshelwood and P. J. Ackey, Proc. R. Soc. (Land)., AU5, 215 (1927)] for a gas-phase constant-volume decomposition of dimethyl ether at 504°C in a batch reactor. Initially, only CHj)jO was present. 

Show that, for the bimolecular reaction A + B - products, kscr is given by equation 6.4-17. 6-4 Some of the results obtained by Hinshelwood and Askey (1927) for the decomposition of dimethyl ether, (CH3)20 (A), to CH4, CO and H2 at 777.2 K in a series of experiments in a constant-volume batch reactor are as follows ... 

Figure 1-3 shows two different types of batch reactors used for gas-phase reactions. Reactor A is a constant-volume (variable-pressure) reactor and Reactor B is a constant-pressure (variable-volume) reactor. At time r = 0, the reactants are injected into the reactor and the reaction is initiated. To see clearly the different forms the mole balance will take for eadi type of reactor, consider the follovring examples, in which the gas-phase decomposition of dimethyl ether is taking place to form methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide ... 

The thermal decomposition of dimethyl ether in the gas phase was studied by Hinshelwood and Askey by measuring the increase in pressure in a constant-volume reaction vessel. At 504°C and an initial pressure of 312 mm Hg the following data were obtained ... 

Thermal decomposition of dimethyl ether was studied at 504°C in a BR operating at a constant volume ... 

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