H. Taylor, J. G. Ditman
Mar 1, 1936
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Journal of Chemical Physics
Abstract
The decomposition of ethylamine has been reinvestigated in the light of criticism of earlier work. The reaction has been shown to occur by a bimolecular no volume change decomposition into symmetrical diethylhydrazine and hydrogen followed by the decomposition of the hydrazine by a chain mechanism which is first order. The mechanism is shown to account for the induction period and its rapid variation with temperature and pressure, as well as accounting satisfactorily for apparent discrepancies and inconsistencies found by previous workers.