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The synthesis of acetaldehyde on an industrial scale at the BP Chemicals plant at Hull.
The synthesis of acetaldehyde on an industrial scale at the BP Chemicals plant at Hull.
| Module code and title: | S246, Organic chemistry |
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| Item code: | S246; 15 |
| First transmission date: | 1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:20:30 |
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| Producer: | Roger Jones |
| Contributors: | John Coyle; Les Fish |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Acetaldehyde; BP chemicals; Catalyst; Ethyl acetate; Ethyl alcohol; Salt End, Hull |
| Footage description: | Footage - BP Chemicals Ltd plant at Hull (0'25"-1'37") - Acetaldehyde plant(1'38"-2'20") - Distillation apparatus in a laboratory (2'21"-2'56") - Animation of chemical formula for oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde (3'24"-4'20") - Animation of how the acetaldehyde plant works (4'45"-7'15") - Reactor vessel. Silver catalyst (7'16"-8'58") - Equations showing catalytic oxidation of ethanol and catalytic dehydrogenation of ethanol (8'59"-9'29") - Evaporator. Animation of evaporator (10'12"-12'00") - Pressure still. Tanker (12'10"-13'48") - Animation of acetaldehyde. Chemical equation of ethanol and acetic acid reaction (13'49"-15'04") - Distillation column (16'38"-19'08"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU3319 |
| Production number: | FOUS107K |
| Videofinder number: | 4371 |
| Available to public: | no |
