S. C. Chuang, J. Bozzelli
Jun 1, 1986
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Abstract
Chloroform was used as a model chlorocarbon to investigate the reductive processes of chlorocarbons with hydrogen and the reductive/oxidative reactions with water vapor. The reactions were studied in a tubular reactor at a pressure of 1 atm with residence times of 0.005-1.2 s in the temperature range 550-1100/sup 0/C. HCl, C(s), C/sub 2/H/sub 2/, CO, and CO/sub 2/ were identified as the primary products from the reaction of chloroform with water vapor. Quantitative conversion of chlorine into HCl was obtained from thermal reaction of chlorocarbons under either a reductive atmosphere of hydrogen or a combination reductive/oxidative atmosphere of water vapor. 37 references, 9 figures, 3 tables.