Acetylene

Peter Pässler

Peter Pässler

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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Werner Hefner

Werner Hefner

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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Klaus Buckl

Klaus Buckl

Linde AG, Höllriegelskreuth, Germany

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Helmut Meinass

Helmut Meinass

Linde AG, Höllriegelskreuth, Germany

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Andreas Meiswinkel

Andreas Meiswinkel

Linde AG, Linde Engineering Division, Pullach, Germany

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Hans-Jürgen Wernicke

Hans-Jürgen Wernicke

Linde AG, Höllriegelskreuth, Germany

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Günter Ebersberg

Günter Ebersberg

Degussa-Hüls AG, Marl, Germany

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Richard Müller

Richard Müller

Degussa-Hüls AG, Marl, Germany

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Jürgen Bässler

Jürgen Bässler

Uhde GmbH, Dortmund, Germany

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Hartmut Behringer

Hartmut Behringer

Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Werk Knapsack, Germany

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Dieter Mayer

Dieter Mayer

Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Pharma-Forschung, Toxikologie, Frankfurt, Germany

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First published: 15 October 2011
Citations: 41

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Introduction

2.

Physical Properties

3.

Chemical Properties

3.1.

Industrially Important Reactions

3.2.

Other Reactions; Derivatives

4.

Production

4.1.

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects

4.2.

Partial Combustion Processes

4.2.1.

BASF Process (Sachsse-Bartholome)

4.2.2.

Other Partial Combustion Processes

4.2.3.

Submerged Flame Process

4.2.4.

Partial Combustion Carbide Process

4.3.

Electrothermic Processes

4.3.1.

Production from Gaseous and/or Gasified Hydrocarbons (Hüls Arc Process)

4.3.2.

Production from Liquid Hydrocarbons (Plasma Arc Process)

4.3.3.

Production from Coal (Arc Coal Process)

4.3.4.

Production from Calcium Carbide

4.3.4.1.

Wet Generators

4.3.4.2.

Dry Generators

4.3.4.3.

Acetylene Purification

4.4.

Other Cracking Processes

4.4.1.

Thermal Cracking By Heat Carriers

4.4.2.

Acetylene as a Byproduct of Steam Cracking

5.

Safety Precautions, Transportation, and Storage

5.1.

General Safety Factors and Safety Measures

5.2.

Acetylene Storage in Cylinders

6.

Uses and Economic Aspects

6.1.

Use in Metal Processing

6.2.

Use as Raw Material in Chemical Industry

6.3.

Competitive Position of Acetylene as Chemical Feedstock

7.

Toxicology and Occupational Health

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