Kinetics of the pyrolysis of propylene. Part I

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Simon ◽  
M. H. Back

The kinetics of the pyrolysis of propylene have been studied over the temperature range 743–873 °K and the pressure range 200–600 Torr. At the lower temperatures initial rates of formation of methane, propane, and C6 products were measured and shown to be formed by a radical process of very short chain length. The orders and activation energies of the rates were consistent with the occurrence of the bimolecular initiation step[Formula: see text]Measurement of the pressure change showed that products of molecular weight higher than C7 and not measured by the analysis were formed in the initial stages of the reaction at the lower temperatures. As these higher molecular weight compounds, which are more unstable than propylene, accumulated in the system their dissociation increased the concentration of radicals and caused a sharp increase in the rates of formation of the lower molecular weight stable products.


1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter W. Parodi

SummaryEight samples of milk fat were selected for softening point (SP) range. They were separated into high, medium and low molecular weight triglyceride fractions by silicic acid-column chromatography to enable further separation into triglyceride classes by silver ion adsorption thin-layer chromatography. Correlation between triglyceride class content and SP was low. The molecular species composition of the triglyceride classes was determined and correlated with SP. The best correlations were between SP and some low and some high molecular weight triglycerides of the total fat and the trisaturated (SSS) triglyceride class. Correlation coefficients were determined between SP and mole percentage of individual fatty acids and groups of acids. The highest correlations were between SP and individual short chain-length fatty acids (C4–C10) and groupings of short chain-length acids (C4–C10) and groupings of long chain-length acids (C16–C20). The triglyceride class composition of a sample of milk fat was determined before and after interesterification. Interesterification increased the SP from 31·6 to 36·3 °C and produced increased amounts of both low and high and decreased amounts of medium molecular weight triglyceride molecular species in all triglyceride classes. The increases in the amounts of high molecular weight triglycerides were several times greater than the increase in the amounts of low molecular weight triglycerides.



Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1398
Author(s):  
Tae-Rim Choi ◽  
Ye-Lim Park ◽  
Hun-Suk Song ◽  
Sun Mi Lee ◽  
Sol Lee Park ◽  
...  

Arctic bacteria employ various mechanisms to survive harsh conditions, one of which is to accumulate carbon and energy inside the cell in the form of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). Whole-genome sequencing of a new Arctic soil bacterium Pseudomonas sp. B14-6 revealed two PHA-production-related gene clusters containing four PHA synthase genes (phaC). Pseudomonas sp. B14-6 produced poly(6% 3-hydroxybutyrate-co-94% 3-hydroxyalkanoate) from various carbon sources, containing short-chain-length PHA (scl-PHA) and medium-chain-length PHA (mcl-PHA) composed of various monomers analyzed by GC-MS, such as 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyhexanoate, 3-hydroxyoctanoate, 3-hydroxydecanoate, 3-hydroxydodecenoic acid, 3-hydroxydodecanoic acid, and 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid. By optimizing the PHA production media, we achieved 34.6% PHA content using 5% fructose, and 23.7% PHA content using 5% fructose syrup. Differential scanning calorimetry of the scl-co-mcl PHA determined a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 15.3 °C, melting temperature of 112.8 °C, crystallization temperature of 86.8 °C, and 3.82% crystallinity. In addition, gel permeation chromatography revealed a number average molecular weight of 3.6 × 104, weight average molecular weight of 9.1 × 104, and polydispersity index value of 2.5. Overall, the novel Pseudomonas sp. B14-6 produced a polymer with high medium-chain-length content, low Tg, and low crystallinity, indicating its potential use in medical applications.



1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2404-2410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas M. Chen ◽  
Fred Y. Fujiwara ◽  
Leonard W. Reeves

The degree of order of solubilized molecules and ions in oriented lyomesophases has been determined at specifically deuterated C—D bond axes from the quadrupole splitting of the deuterium magnetic resonance. Mixtures at low concentration of specifically deuterated alkanes, alcohols, carboxylic acids, and carboxylates of different chain length have been observed in host cationic and anionic lyomesophases. The degree of order of a given C—D position in alcohols increases strongly with chain length up to a length comparable with the host detergent. A broad series of carboxylic acids and carboxylate ions from C2 to C16 have been deuterated in the α position. The α-C—D bond axis in the solubilisate increases in order with chain length, the anion having lower order than the parent acid. An accurately linear increase in the degree of order of the α position is observed for intermediate chain lengths. At chain lengths approximately equal to the host chain lengths the α position reaches a limiting value in the degree of order and further segments do not influence the order. At short chain lengths the degree of order is less than that predicted from extrapolation of order in the linear region. This has been interpreted in terms of distribution into the aqueous compartment by the solubilisates of short chain length. Acetic acid and the acetate, propionate, butanoate, and pentanoate ions spend an appreciable amount of time in the aqueous region. An estimate has been made of these distributions based on reasonable assumptions.



2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 399 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. T. Russell

Some fundamental aspects of the kinetics of free-radical polymerization are reviewed. So-called classical results for rate and molecular-weight distribution are first of all presented. It is shown how this approach can be built upon when chain-length-dependent termination is allowed, which it always should be. Various termination models are considered, and it is illustrated that although the models are different, rather remarkably they give common, model-independent behaviour. Some leading experimental results regarding the chain-length dependence of termination are summarized, before the chain-length dependence of other reactivities, the variation of reactivities with conversion, and non-steady state experiments are briefly discussed. Finally, living free-radical polymerization as effected by a reversible termination agent is considered. An outline of the kinetics of these systems is given, with the oft-neglected importance of conventional termination being stressed.



Polymers ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shichao Wang ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Hengxue Xiang ◽  
Junjie Yang ◽  
Zhe Zhou ◽  
...  


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Abbondanzi ◽  
G. Biscaro ◽  
G. Carvalho ◽  
L. Favaro ◽  
P. Lemos ◽  
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