Abstract
Gas-Phase Thermal Reactions (abbreviated as GPTRs) greatly influence our daily lives in three main areas:
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the production of mechanical energy for two-wheeled vehicles, cars, lorries, tractors, heavy-plant vehicles, barges, boats, planes, missiles and launchers;
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the production of thermal energy to heat food, houses and offices, to produce electricity and steam, to make industrial ovens and incinerators work;
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the manufacture of chemical substances:
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by steamcracking to produce alkenes, butadiene and BTX, from which most chemical compounds and organic materials are derived;
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by oxidation to make synthesis gas which leads namely to the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives for use in mines and quarries;
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by various pyrolysis, oxidation and chlorination reactions...
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Côme, GM. (2001). Introduction. In: Gas-Phase Thermal Reactions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9805-7_1
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