KINETICS OF THE HYDROLYSIS OF ACRYLONITRILE TO ACRYLAMIDE OVER RANEY COPPER

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Abstract
Measurements of the kinetics of the hydrolysis of acrylonitrileover Raney copper catalysts have been made in the temperature range 40 to 100°C in a tubular reactor operated differentially with and without recycle and over concentration ranges of 0-25 weight percent acrylonitrile, 0-35 weight percent acrylamide and 40-99 weight percent water. For the concentration range 0 to 7 wt. % acrylonitrile and 0 to 7 wt. % acrylamide, data were fitted by an adsorption model of the type A + K,CA + KCCC and at higher concentrations by the powers law expression The activation energy for the reaction was found to be 49.2kJmol−1. Both models showed that the product acrylamide strongly inhibits the reaction.