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The production of vinyl chloride by the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane.
The production of vinyl chloride by the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane.
| Module code and title: | S342, Physical chemistry: principles of chemical change |
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| Item code: | S342; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 23-02-1985 |
| Published: | 1985 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:00 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video S342/1,2,3,4,5,6. |
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| Producer: | Barrie Whatley |
| Contributors: | Michael Mortimer; Kiki Warr |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | 1,2 dichloroethane; Acetylene; Chlorine; Equilibrium yield; Ethine; PVC; Pyrolysis; Reaction rate; Stoichiometry of reaction; Vinyl chloride |
| Subject terms: | Chemical kinetics; Gases kinetic |
| Footage description: | Footage - Chemical equation of 1,2-dichloroethane and vinyl chloride (0'25"-0'33") - Chemical equation of acetylene. Equilibrium yield graph of acetylene from vinyl chloride (0'48"-2'10") - Laboratory. Apparatus used for manufacture of vinyl chloride from 1,2-dichloroethane (2'31"-5'31") - Graph of equilibrium yield. Chemical equation (5'41"-6'16") - Vacuum line. Thermocouple (6'17"-7'54") - Animation of reaction vessel (7'55"-9'05") - 1,2-dichloroethane being added to reaction vessel. Sample loop. Gas chromatograph (9'54"-11'48") - Animation of interior of gas chromatograph (11'49"-15'34") - Chart recorder (15'35"-17'26") - Pressure measurement (18'26"-19'44") - Graph of data from chart recorder. Chemical equation of reactant. Graph of pressure profile (19'45"-21'28") - Computer animation of reaction J (21'48"-22'52"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU4585 |
| Production number: | FOUS292L |
| Videofinder number: | 2025 |
| Available to public: | no |
