C14 Hot Atom Chemistry of N-pentane and Iso-pentane PDF Download

Author: C. F. MacKay
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Category : Carbon
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Reactions of C14 atoms of velocities corresponding to energies up to 40,000 electron volts have been studied in n-pentane and iso-pentane at about room temperature. C14 atoms were generated at the Argonne National Laboratory pile through the reaction of thermal neutrons in the N14 (n,p)C14 process. Aniline was most often used as a source of nitrogen, but substitution of aliphatic amines gave similar results indicating that products were characteristic only of the hydrocarbon. A wide variety of hydrocarbons was formed. Hexane and pentane isomers were identified. Hexane isomers predominate, yields of individual compounds being up to 12%. The time and yield of compounds formed from n-pentane differ from those formed from iso-pentane. A mechanism is proposed.