Thermal Reactions Of Ethylene Induced By Pulsed Infrared Laser Radiation

The decomposition of ethylene induced by a pulsed infrared CO2 TEA laser has been explored at pressures from 500 to 3000 Torr, using the strongly absorbed P(14) line at 949.5 cm-1. Under these conditions the reaction zone is a thin disc at the front window of the reaction vessel, and the characteristics and behavior of this "thin-disc reactor" are explored.