An Experimental Study of the Gas Phase Oxidation of C₆H₅CI in a Flow Reactor

Abstract

The gas-phase, flameless oxidation of chlorobenzene (C₆H₅, C1) was studied experimentally in a 2·1 cm ID quartz flow-reactor operating at 1 atm pressure. Temperatures investigated were in the range 630–850°C, reaction times in the range 0·4-1·94 s, O, concentrations in the range 1·8-3·3% (fuel rich) at a fixed C₆H₅Cl concentration of about 0·5% in Ar carrier gas. The absolute concentrations of the reaclants and the products CO, C0₂, HCl, H₂0. CH₄, C₂H₂, C₂,H₄, C₂,H₄ (vinylacetylene), C₆H₆ C₁₀H₈ (naphthalene) were determined using both gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The roles of these species, in view of our current understanding of the mechanism of oxidation of C₆H₅C1 are discussed.

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SELIM M. SENKAN

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