Primary oxidation vessel

Results obtained in an investigation of the pyrolyses of four alkanes (ethane, n-butane, isobutane and isopentane) in the presence of trace amounts of oxygen, at low extent of reaction and around 500 C, are reported. The organic products of the primary oxidation are mainly olefins. According to experimental conditions (particularly to wall conditions of the reaction vessel), oxygen accelerates or inhibits the alkane decomposition. Walls inhibit the oxygen consumption. These experimental facts are interpreted and compared with recent results in literature. 

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A more recent study of the Dj + O2 reaction by Baldwin et al. [246] has involved measurements of the second limits, and the induction periods and maximum rates of the slow reaction in an aged boric acid coated vessel of 52 mm diameter. Maximum concentrations of D2 O2 in the slow reaction were also determined. The kinetic parameters of the oxidation process were then determined by a computer optimization treatment similar to that described in Sect. 4.3.3 for the H2 + O2 reaction. Excluding the primary initiation rate 6 which is necessary for the calculation of induction periods, but which needs to be only approximately defined, there are a minimum of seven significant parameters (cf. Table 18). 

For passivation treatments other than scale removal following thermal treatment, less aggressive acid solutions are usually employed. The primary purpose of these treatments is to remove contaminants that may be on the component s surface and could prevent the formation of the oxide layer locally. The most common contaminant is imbedded or free iron particle from forming or machining tools. Mechanical polishing can be employed to provide a uniform surface finish and to remove these contaminants. The polishing materials should be used for stainless only as they can carry over small particulates from one part to the next. In addition, the work-hardened state of this fine particulate, even from a stainless vessel, can have a lower threshold for corrosion and act as an initiation site if not removed. A dilute (10%) solution of nitric acid is... 

Dioxiranes, prepared from acetone and other aliphatic ketones by treatment with Oxone, can accomplish oxidations that are usually not achieved by Oxone itself [210, 211], Dioxiranes can be isolated by vacuum codistillation with the respective ketones [210], or else, they may be formed in situ and applied in the same reaction vessel [210, 211]. Examples of the applications of dioxiranes are epoxidations 210] and the oxidation of primary amines to nitro compounds [211], of tertiary amines to amine oxides [210], and of sulfides to sulfoxides [210] (equation 12). 

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