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Meetings & Symposia 
A study on the initial product channels of cyclohexane pyrolysis behind reflected shock waves 
Braun-Unkhoff, M; Naumann, C; Frank, P 
2004 
49 
English 
The initial decomposition steps during the pyrolysis of cyclohexane were studied. A branching ratio of ∼ 0.5 for k1a/(k1a - k1b). Hence, the molecular channel R1a was much slower than considered up to now, whereas the hydrogen elimination path R1b proceeded much faster by about a factor of 5 - 10. Further measurements such as non-resonant absorption either of the educt itself and/or some of the product species were needed to determine the rate of the molecular channel R1a. Thus, a much better understanding of the initial reaction steps of the decomposition of cyclohexane would be enabled.