Using thermal decomposition

Chidsey and coworkers made pioneering works in preparing covalently bonded monolayer films on silicon surfaces by the radical-initiated reaction of 1-alkenes with the H-Si(lll) surfaces. Reactions were carried out in neat deoxygenated alkenes using thermal decomposition of diacyl peroxides as the... 

Solomon, P. R., and Hamblen, D. G., "Understanding Coal Using Thermal Decomposition and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy", Presented at the Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Coal Utilization, Morgantown, WV, June 2-4, 1980. 

Several copper(I)-catalyzed coupling reactions of alkynes or diynes with Co3 clusters proceed with the deposition of insoluble black materials which have v(CO) spectra typical to those of the CCo3(CO)g clusters described above.438 Similar products were obtained when HCsCMgBr was used. Thermal decomposition of 286 at 100 °C gives conducting aggregates, which continue to show v(CO) absorptions and are soluble in non-aqueous solvents.480 The conductivity appears to be associated with partial decarbonylation and formation of granular microcrystalline materials. 

There is another chemical method for evaluating the temperature control ability of a reactor the method uses thermal decomposition of radical initiators. Let us briefly touch on this method (Figure 6.19). 

The rate constant of the reaction of NO3 with another peroxy radical, the peroxyacetyl radical (CH3C(0)02) was also measured in a slow discharge flow reactor at 300-423 K (Wayne), using thermal decomposition of PAN as a source of the organic radicals. 

Nagy et al. [127] used thermal decomposition of [Fe(CO)s] sorbed in HY zeolite to form highly dispersed iron partides, which were observed by transmission electron microscopy to be 10-50 A in size. Photodiemical decomposition gave smaller partides (too small to be observed with transmission electron micros-copy), presumaUy because of the strong interaction between the carbonyl dusters and the surface resulting from the eledronic exdtation of the metal carbonyl during decomposition. 

A basic oxide can be thought of as the dehydrated form of a hydroxide base. Oxides of the less reactive metals, such as magnesium, can be prepared by using thermal decomposition to drive off the water. 

B.G. and Jeong, J.H. (2006) Synthesis of Cu nanopartides prepared by using thermal decomposition of Cu-oleate complex. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 445, 231-8. 

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