2014/04/30 by Curt Wentrup · 2 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms #Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
paper · doi:10.1071/ch14096
openalex publication_date 2014/04/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
The history of pyrolysis equipment, methods, and reactions is narrated in the Introduction. Detailed descriptions of flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) (or thermolysis, FVT) apparatus for preparative and spectroscopic (UV, IR, electron spin resonance) purposes with product isolation at 77 K or in Ar matrices at ~10 K are presented. Very low pressure pyrolysis (VLPP), laser pyrolysis, and pulsed pyrolysis (jet flash pyrolysis) are also described together with illustrations of apparatus. The solvent spray flash vacuum pyrolysis (SS-FVP) of liquids or solutions of compounds of low volatility is described together with methods for the addition of solids to a pyrolysis tube, in particular details of pipto-pyrolysis (‘falling solid pyrolysis’). Methods used for catalytic vacuum gas–solid reactions (VGSR) are also summarised.