Di-tert-butyl peroxide decomposition behind shock waves
- 15 February 1976
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 54 (4) , 581-585
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v76-083
Abstract
The homogeneous, gas phase thermal decomposition of di-tert-butyl peroxide has been studied in a single pulse shock tube. Samples containing 0.05% to 0.5% reactant in argon were heated to 528–677 K at total pressures of about 1 atm. Acetone and ethane were the only significant products. The reaction obeyed first order kinetics. The Arrhenius parameters, log A (s−1) = 15.33 ± 0.50, Eact (kJ/mol) = 152.3 ± 5.8, are in agreement with the bulk of the earlier reported results of lower temperature work, and with a recently reported result obtained via the very low pressure pyrolysis technique. Indications from some of the earlier work that the A factor may decline at high temperatures are not supported by the present study.Keywords
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