The Reactions of Active Nitrogen With Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Disulphide

The destruction of either hydrogen sulphide or carbon disulphide by active nitrogen appears to be minimal at some temperature in the range 200–250 °C. Both reactions yield large amounts of polymer.It is postulated that the main reactions involve destruction of the reactant as it acts as a third body for recombination of nitrogen atoms. As the temperature is increased, dissociation of the nitrogen atom – reactant complex apparently increases. To account for the observed temperature effects, it is assumed that reactions also occur to regenerate reactant.