A modified single‐pulse shock tube has been used to study the pyrolysis of methane in the presence of nitrogen. The reactants are rapidly heated by a reflected shock wave for about a millisecond and cooled by rarefaction waves. In the temperature range 1600–2500°K., nitrogen is found to have no effect on the first order decomposition rates of methane. Above 2500°K., considerable quantities of hydrogen cyanide are observed due to the reaction of nitrogen with hydrocarbons.
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