Temperature profiles in weak thermal explosions
Abstract
Temperature and reactant consumption profiles through the thermal explosions of 3:1, 1:1 and 1:3 mixtures of methyl isocyanide with methyl cyanide in a 2 dm3 sphere at 350°C have been calculated. In the latter two mixtures, the reactant concentration at the centre is depleted to zero even before ignition occurs, and the temperature profiles do not conform to the shape associated with Frank–Kamenetskii theory.