Non-oxidative conversion of 1,2-dichloroethane in a non-thermal plasma and characterisation of the polymer formed

Title: Non-oxidative conversion of 1,2-dichloroethane in a non-thermal plasma and characterisation of the polymer formed
Creator: Gaikwad, Vaibhav; Kennedy, Eric; Mackie, John; Holdsworth, Clovia; Molloy, Scott; Kundu, Sazal; Dlugogorski, Bogdan
Relation: Australian Research Council
Relation: Plasma Processes and Polymers Vol. 10, Issue 2, p. 141-149
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201200045
Publisher: Wiley - VCH
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: This paper focuses on the conversion of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) using non-thermal plasma under reaction conditions that can decompose EDC and yield a value-added product. A cylindrical double dielectric barrier discharge system has been used to generate non-thermal plasma and quartz has been used as a dielectric. Our findings show that under non-oxidative reaction conditions employed in this study, vinyl chloride, a commercially important compound, is the major gas phase product produced. This paper also encompasses a preliminary characterisation of polymer during the reaction. Possible mechanisms for gaseous product formation and polymerisation are presented.
Subject: dichloroethane; dielectric barrier discharge; non-oxidative treatment; polymerisation; vinyl chloride
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1300485
Identifier: uon:20097
Identifier: ISSN:1612-8850
Language: eng
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