- Title
- Low temperature oxidation of biphenyl in an alumina reactor: Possible initiation by O2 (1∆)
- Creator
- Summoogum, S.; Dlugogorski, B. Z.; Kennedy, E. M.; Mackie, J. C.
- Relation
- 11th Australian Combustion Symposium, 2011. Proceedings of the 11th Australian Combustion Symposium 2011 (Shoal Bay, N.S.W. 29 November - 1 December, 2011) p. 183-186
- Relation
- http://sites.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/combinst/index.php
- Publisher
- The Combustion Institute: Australian and New Zealand Section
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Oxidation of biphenyl (as a prototype model compound for polychlorinated biphenyls) in an alumina reactor at 490°C yields the initial products dibenzofuran and benzaldehyde which have been confirmed in GC/MS studies. It is postulated that 02 (1∆) whose formation is catalysed by the reactor surfaces, initiates the reaction at this low temperature. Quantum chemical computations of the reaction potential energy surfaces suggest low energy pathways to the observed initial products.
- Subject
- PCBs; PCDD/Fs; reaction potential energy surfaces; quantum chemistry
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1035969
- Identifier
- uon:13193
- Identifier
- ISSN:1839-8170
- Language
- eng
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