Low-temperature oxidation mechanism

Low- Temperature Chemistry At temperatures below those of the NTC regime, a chain-branching low-temperature oxidation mechanism dominates. The low-temperature chemistry of higher hydrocarbons is quite complex, and despite extensive research [317,... 

Write the main elementary reactions in the low-temperature oxidation mechanism for propane (C3H8), based on the general outline for higher hydrocarbons. 

FOLLOWING A SHORT introduction dealing with the relationship between diffusion process and field transport phenomena in tarnishing layers on metals and alloys, the mechanism of oxidation of iron is discussed. Epitaxy plays an important role on the gradient of the concentration of lattice defects and, therefore, on the validity of the parabolic rate law. Classical examples of metal oxidation with a parabolic rate law are presented and the various reasons for the deviation observed are elucidated on the systems Iron in CO/CO2 and CU2O in <>2. In addition, the oxidation of alloys with interrupted oxide-metal interfaces is treated. Finally, attention is focussed on the difficulties in explaining the low temperature-oxidation mechanism. 

Benzaldehyde has been identified as a major oxidation product of pure toluene or alkane toluene mixtures in studies at temperature below 800 K in a static reactor between 723 and 788 in a jet stirred reactor between 580 and 620 and in a rapid compression machine at 750 The reaction sequence R1-R3-R4 is often suggested to explain the formation of benzaldehyde in the low-temperature oxidation mechanism of toluene. 

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Supported Au catalysts have been extensively studied because of their unique activities for the low temperature oxidation of CO and epoxidation of propylene (1-5). The activity and selectivity of Au catalysts have been found to be very sensitive to the methods of catalyst preparation (i.e., choice of precursors and support materials, impregnation versus precipitation, calcination temperature, and reduction conditions) as well as reaction conditions (temperature, reactant concentration, pressure). (6-8) High CO oxidation activity was observed on Au crystallites with 2-4 nm in diameter supported on oxides prepared from precipitation-deposition. (9) A number of studies have revealed that Au° and Au" play an important role in the low temperature CO oxidation. (3,10) While Au° is essential for the catalyst activity, the Au° alone is not active for the reaction. The mechanism of CO oxidation on supported Au continues to be a subject of extensive interest to the catalysis community. 

High-Temperature Oxidation The high-temperature oxidation of methane has been studied extensively, and the mechanism is better established than that of the low temperature oxidation. At high temperatures the methylperoxy radical (CH302) is no longer stable, and the low-temperature oxidation pathway initiated by reaction (R15) is not active. Furthermore the chain-branching reaction... 

It has been possible to demonstrate that for the lower rank coals that there are very few (more than 10 /g but less than 10 /g) reactive sites for strong oxygen adsorption. From the data collected we wish to propose the following mechanism for low temperature oxidation. 

The agent responsible for autocatalytic behavior need not be the product of the reaction, it can be an intermediate. Low-temperature oxidation of methane provides an example [59,85], The key free radical turns out to be CH3-, produced from methane by initiation and giving rise to other free radicals. The propagation mechanism with six interlocking steps and chain branching is such that build-up of CH3- accelerates the rate (see Figure 9.4, previous page). 

Other mechanisms can be devised which explain at lease some of the features of the low temperature oxidation. However, generally, these alternatives have serious limitations. For example, one might consider a scheme comprising (la), (2), (3), (4a) and (5d)... 

By contrast to the oxidation of higher alkanes, there is no qualitative way of distinguishing evidence for a diperoxy radical mechanism during the low-temperature oxidation of propane. It is possible that the considerably lower reactivity of propane than that of higher alkanes, as demonstrated by phenomenological aspects (Section 6.4.4), may be explained by the absence of these types of processes. The matter may not be resolved until more insight is obtained from numerical modelling and simulation of experimental results. 

As discussed in Section 6.6, numerical analyses can be used with some success to simulate the chemical features of low-temperature hydrocarbon oxidation. However, there is progress yet to be made on a number of fronts by both experimentalists and numerical modellers. The kinetics and mechanism of certain classes of compounds, such as the alkenes and aromatics, have not been investigated fully in the low-temperature region, the information on aromatic compounds being particularly sparse (Chapter 1). By contrast, there is much better understanding of the low-temperature oxidation of alkanes. Following Section 1.4.1, the reactivity of alkanes arises within the mechanistic structure... 

This reaction falls into the category of autoxidation defined as the slow low-temperature oxidation of organic compounds by O2 via a radical chain mechanism, based on the fact that the oxygen molecule is a diradical... 

Carlsson JM, Hanke F, Linic S, Scheffler M (2009) Two-step mechanism for low-temperature oxidation of vacancies in graphene. Phys Rev Lett 102 166104... 

Mechanism of. Low Temperature Oxidation In BR. A mechanism of oxidation for BR was developed by us (14) previously, consistent with the observed spectral changes. It accounted for the observed oxygen Induced conversion of els to trans, and included the formation of cyclic structures of both the Bolland and Bevllacqua types. The mechanism Is expanded In Figure 1 to also Include the possible formation of analogous fIve-membered rings. 

The mechanism of Figure 1 Is considered to be the basic route of low temperature oxidation. Basic, In the sense that deviations of the mechanism occur which are temperature dependent. 

A similar computational modelling approach has been shown to be useful, for example, in studying the mechanism of low-temperature oxidation of alkanes (4), pyrolysis of alkanes (5-7), other gas-phase reactions (8), the formation of photochemical smog (9,10), and peroxide decomposition (11), among others. It is not uncommon to begin with all possible species and by permutation and combination derive a complete set of reactions, and then eliminate a subset by chemical... 

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