Pyrolysis of benzene at 30 Torr was studied from 1360 K to 1820 K in this work. Synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry was employed to detect the pyroly- sis products such as radicals, isomer...Pyrolysis of benzene at 30 Torr was studied from 1360 K to 1820 K in this work. Synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry was employed to detect the pyroly- sis products such as radicals, isomers and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and measure their mole fraction profiles versus temperature. A low-pressure pyrolysis model of benzene was developed and validated by the experimental results. Rate of production analysis was performed to reveal the major reaction networks in both fuel decomposition and aromatic growth processes. It is concluded that benzene is mainly decomposed via H-abstraction reaction to produce phenyl and partly decomposed via unimolecular decomposition reac- tions to produce propargyl or phenyl. The decomposition process stops at the formation of acetylene and polyyne species like diacetylene and 1,3,5-hexatriyne due to their high thermal stabilities. Besides, the aromatic growth process in the low-pressure pyrolysis of benzene is concluded to initiate from benzene and phenyl, and is controlled by the even carbon growth mechanism due to the inhibited formation of C5 and C7 species which play important roles in the odd carbon growth mechanism.展开更多
Many studies have observed that leaf wax δDn-alkane values differed significantly between woods and grasses in modern plants, with grasses D-depleted by 40 %0-70 ‰. The reasons for the differences in leaf wax δDn-a...Many studies have observed that leaf wax δDn-alkane values differed significantly between woods and grasses in modern plants, with grasses D-depleted by 40 %0-70 ‰. The reasons for the differences in leaf wax δDn-alkane values between woods and grasses, however, remain unclear. In this study, we measured the δD values of soil water (δDsw), leaf water (δDlw), and leaf wax n-alkane (δDn-alkane) for woods and grasses. We found no significant differences in the δD values of soil water (P = 0.82) and leaf water (P= 0.74) between the two life forms of plants. Therefore, the differences in leaf wax δDn-alkane values between woods and grasses may correlate with inherent properties of different plant life forms, such as leaf structures, biosynthetic processes, and leaf morphologies. Moreover, it is also possible that soil water with different 6Dsw at different depths utilized by woods and grasses may be responsible for some of the differences in leaf wax δDn-alkane values between the two life forms of plants, if woods mainly use soil water from the 〉100 cm depth, whereas grasses mainly use soil water from the 〈100 cm depth. The results of this work allow us to better understand the leaf wax δDn-alkane values of different plant life forms in a region.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the National Natu- ral Science Foundation of China (No.51106146 and No.51036007), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.20100480047 and No.201104326), Chinese Univer- sities Scientific Fund (No.WK2310000010), and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘Pyrolysis of benzene at 30 Torr was studied from 1360 K to 1820 K in this work. Synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry was employed to detect the pyroly- sis products such as radicals, isomers and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and measure their mole fraction profiles versus temperature. A low-pressure pyrolysis model of benzene was developed and validated by the experimental results. Rate of production analysis was performed to reveal the major reaction networks in both fuel decomposition and aromatic growth processes. It is concluded that benzene is mainly decomposed via H-abstraction reaction to produce phenyl and partly decomposed via unimolecular decomposition reac- tions to produce propargyl or phenyl. The decomposition process stops at the formation of acetylene and polyyne species like diacetylene and 1,3,5-hexatriyne due to their high thermal stabilities. Besides, the aromatic growth process in the low-pressure pyrolysis of benzene is concluded to initiate from benzene and phenyl, and is controlled by the even carbon growth mechanism due to the inhibited formation of C5 and C7 species which play important roles in the odd carbon growth mechanism.
文摘Many studies have observed that leaf wax δDn-alkane values differed significantly between woods and grasses in modern plants, with grasses D-depleted by 40 %0-70 ‰. The reasons for the differences in leaf wax δDn-alkane values between woods and grasses, however, remain unclear. In this study, we measured the δD values of soil water (δDsw), leaf water (δDlw), and leaf wax n-alkane (δDn-alkane) for woods and grasses. We found no significant differences in the δD values of soil water (P = 0.82) and leaf water (P= 0.74) between the two life forms of plants. Therefore, the differences in leaf wax δDn-alkane values between woods and grasses may correlate with inherent properties of different plant life forms, such as leaf structures, biosynthetic processes, and leaf morphologies. Moreover, it is also possible that soil water with different 6Dsw at different depths utilized by woods and grasses may be responsible for some of the differences in leaf wax δDn-alkane values between the two life forms of plants, if woods mainly use soil water from the 〉100 cm depth, whereas grasses mainly use soil water from the 〈100 cm depth. The results of this work allow us to better understand the leaf wax δDn-alkane values of different plant life forms in a region.