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THE thermal decomposition of formaldehyde1 and of acetaldehyde2 can be represented by x—t graphs which indicate a period of rapid decomposition, followed by one of slow decomposition. The experimental results of Spence3 for the rates of oxidation of formaldehyde appear to be represented by similar graphs, indicating a similarity in the processes. Seddon and I have pointed out4 that, in the case of acetaldehyde, the total rate of thermal decomposition appeared to be independent of all conditions except temperature and initial concentration, the nature of the final products, whether methane and carbon monoxide on one hand, or propylene, carbon dioxide and water on the other, being materially dependent on certain other conditions.
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TRAVERS, M. Kinetics of Gas Reactions: an Attempt to Connect Thermal Decomposition and Oxidation Processes. Nature 138, 26–27 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138026b0
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