From: Jacob Zabicky (zabicky$##$bgumail.bgu.ac.il)
Date: Tue Oct 21 2003 - 04:06:58 EDT
> From: Jacob Zabicky <zabicky$##$bgumail.bgu.ac.il>
> Date: Sun Oct 19, 2003 12:17:41 Asia/Jerusalem
> To: KellyDR$##$Cardiff.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: ORGLIST:Re: Iron and trichloroethylene
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> Second best to looking for some literature on the reaction mechanism
> is guessing some possibilities, that may be far-fetched. The process
> is heterogeneous, and that is already a complication. For example,
> zero-order kinetics for the substrate is possible. Adsorbed molecules
> (a fast process) may diffuse on the surface until they encounter an
> "active site" where reaction takes place; this may be zero-order on
> the substrate. Maybe "active site" formation is rate determining, etc.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jacob
>
> On Friday, Oct 17, 2003, at 01:59 Asia/Jerusalem, David Kelly wrote:
>
>> When trichloroethylene is reduced by wet iron, only cis-1,2-
>> dichloroethylene is produced. There is no trace of the trans- or the
>> 1,1-
>> isomer. However cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene are both reduced
>> at similar rates. Any ideas for an explanation?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr David R. Kelly
>> Dept. of Chemistry, Cardiff University, PO Box 912, Cardiff, CF10
>> 3TB, UK
>> Phone 02920-874063: Fax 02920-874030
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>> Web page http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwc/chemy/staff/kelly.html
>> For the "Elephants and Butterflies" article see
>> http://www.semiochemica.org.uk/articles/articlesidx.html
>> BEST Record: http://expertise.cos.com/cgi-bin/exp.cgi?id=498275
>> For catalysis see http://www.chemsoc.org/cgi-
>> shell/events/nforedisp.pl?ID=551
>> Cardiff University is the public name of the University of Wales,
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>> University of Wales.
>>
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