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Article: New physical chemistry research reported from A. Vasiliou and co-authors.
- Article from:
- Chemicals & Chemistry
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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"The thermal decomposition of furan has been studied by a 1 mm x 2 cm tubular silicon carbide reactor, C4H4O + Delta → products. Unlike previous studies, these experiments are able to identify the initial furan decomposition products," investigators in the United States report.
"Furan is entrained in either He or Ar carrier gas and is passed through a heated (1600 K) SiC tubular reactor. Furan decomposes during transit through the tubular reactor (approximately 65 mu s) and exits to a vacuum chamber. Within one nozzle diameter of leaving the nozzle, the gases cool to less than 50 K, and all reactions cease. The resultant molecular beam is interrogated by ...