Abstract
The impact of steroid structure on the pyrolytic formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was investigated. The flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) and atmospheric pressure flow pyrolysis of a series of structurally different plant steroids was studied at 700 °C. Results showed that PAH and their derivatives were formed by a series of unimolecular reactions and their yields were dependent upon the steroid structure including double bonds.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 71-95 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2003 |
Funding
This research was sponsored by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed and operated by UT-Battelle, LLC. CVO was supported by a grant from Philip Morris USA. MKK and CVO were supported by an appointment to the ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates program administered jointly by Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and ORNL.
Keywords
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Pyrolysis
- Steroids