Isotopic Exchange reactions may be broadly classified into two main types, homogeneous and heterogeneous (1). In the homogeneous-exchange reaction the reactants are uniformly distributed in the same phase and the only change taking place in the system, during the reaction, is the distribution of the different isotopes. In heterogeneous exchange reactions, on the other hand, the reactants exist in different phases. In this thesis, attention has been confined to an exchange reaction of the latter type, the exchanging atoms being the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon and those in tritiated water. In the case of exchange between hydrogen isotopes (2) the reactions may be divided into four classes according to the state of the bonding of the hydrogen atoms.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:600855 |
| Date | January 1956 |
| Creators | Walton, Alan |
| Publisher | Durham University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9533/ |
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