title: Primary mechanism of the thermal decomposition of tricyclodecane.
abstract: To better understand the thermal decomposition of polycyclanes, the pyrolysis of tricyclodecane has been studied in a jet-stirred reactor at temperatures from 848 to 933 K, for residence times between 0.5 and 6 s and at atmospheric pressure, corresponding to a conversion between 0.01% and 25%. The main products of the reaction are hydrogen, methane, ethylene, ethane, propene, 1,3-cyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, benzene, 1,5-hexadiene, toluene, and 3-cyclopentylcyclopentene. A primary mechanism containing all the possible initiation steps, including those involving diradicals, as well as propagation reactions has been developed and allows experimental results to be satisfactorily modeled. The main reaction pathways of consumption of tricyclodecane and of formation of the main products have been derived from flow rate and sensitivity analyses.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chimie Physique des Réactions, UMR 7630 CNRS, INPL-ENSIC, 1 rue Grandville, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Herbinet
authors.forename: Baptiste
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sirjean
authors.forename: Roda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bounaceur
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fournet
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Battin-Leclerc
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scacchi
authors.forename: Paul-Marie
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Marquaire