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THE plasma jet is a convenient tool for the production of high temperatures (8,000°–15,000° K). It has been shown, in these laboratories, that the thermal decomposition of coal in a pure argon plasma results in about 20 per cent conversion of the carbon in the coal to carbon in acetylene, and that the addition of 10 per cent of hydrogen to the arc gas increases this conversion to about 40 per cent. The high-temperature stability of acetylene1 and the rapid quenching provided by the jet are the main factors favouring this conversion.
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BOND, R., GALBRAITH, I., LADNER, W. et al. Production of Acetylene from Coal, using a Plasma Jet. Nature 200, 1313–1314 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001313a0
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