In order to get information about the mechanism of the thermal decomposition of hexamethylene tetramine (hexa), hexa was decomposed thermally in a vacuum vessel, and the composition of the gas thus produced was determined with a mass spectrometer. The main products found were ammonia and a carbon-rich solid residue. The carbon in the carbon-rich residue seems to act as a catalyst for the decomposition.
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Iwakami et al. (1968) studied this question.
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