The decomposition of inorganic oxides and sulphides

The kinetics of decomposition of certain inorganic oxides and sulphides and a few related compounds are reviewed in this chapter. Discussion is limited to the gas and liquid phase and to the reactions of neutral species. Accordingly, reactions in ionizing solvents have been excluded. The decompositions of the following compounds are considered C302, CO, C02, CS2, COS, CSe2, COSe, N20, 

no2(n2o4), n2o5, hno2, hno3, o3,so2,so3, f2o, f2o2, 

CI207 and HC104. A survey of the relevant literature was completed in September 1969, although we have also taken into consideration a number of more recent articles which have been brought to our attention. 

Reactions and rate coefficients are numbered consecutively throughout each main section, the reaction number appearing as a subscript in the symbol for the corresponding rate coefficient. For a reaction 

Thermochemical data were taken from janaf Thermochemical Tables1 unless stated otherwise in the text. Spectral characteristics were obtained from Herz-berg s book2. 

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