Single-pulse Shock Tube Studies on the Reaction Rate of Decomposition of Titanium Tetrachloride

The decomposition of TiCl₄ has been studied in a single pulse shock tube. Reaction extent is determined by measuring the ethylene yielded from the induced decomposition of the scavenger cyclohexane attacked by the TiCl₄ decomposition product Cl. The rate expression has been obtained k\left(\mathrmTiCl_4 \rightarrow \mathrmTiCl_3 \cdot+\mathrmCl \cdot\right)=10^16,4 \exp \left(-\frac41,700T\right) \sec ^-1.