The thermal decomposition of mercuric oxalate and inorganic azides

Title: The thermal decomposition of mercuric oxalate and inorganic azides
Creator: Moore, D J
Subject: Decomposition (Chemistry)
Subject: Oxalates -- Thermal properties
Subject: Mercuric Oxide -- Azides
Date Issued: 1966
Date: 1966
Type: Thesis
Type: Doctoral
Type: PhD
Identifier: vital:4483
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012878
Description: The chemical reactivity of a solid is influenced to a marked degree by the presence of imperfections or defects in the solid. Bond strengths are considerably weaker at points of imperfection than elsewhere in the solid, and hence the initiation of reaction is favoured at these sites due to the relative ease of bond rupture. Line defects, such as edge or screw dislocations, jogs, Smekul cracks etc, are of prime importance in such changes. The surface of a solid or in intergranular boundaries, where a state of strain exists, are also favourable places for the initiation of a reaction, Point defects e.g. vacancies or interstitialions or atoms also play important roles in chemical change, often in conjuction with line defects.
Format: 399 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Science, Chemistry
Language: English
Rights: Moore, D. J.

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