Requirements of suitable adiabatic calorimeters

The surface to volume ratio of a laboratory-scale reactor is many times greater than that of a plant-scale reactor. This has two effects - 

Heat capacity of sample plus sample container 

Heat capacity of sample For a full-scale reactor, approaches 1.0. 

To overcome these effects, a suitable adiabatic calorimeter, for measuring runaway reaction relief sizing data, will11,21  

Information on a number of adiabatic calorimeters specifically designed for obtaining relief sizing data is given below, m 

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