Techniques that have successfully identified ionic intermediates in solution have been applied to gas-phase pyrolyses.
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Pyrolysis
//paɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs//
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22 translations across 21 languages.
Basque
1 entries- pirolisi noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Breton
1 entries- gwrezrannadur noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Catalan
1 entries- piròlisi noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 熱裂解 /热裂解 noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
- 熱解 /热解 noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Czech
1 entries- pyrolýza noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Esperanto
1 entries- pirolizo noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Finnish
1 entries- pyrolyysi noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
French
1 entries- pyrolyse noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
German
1 entries- Pyrolyse noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Greek
1 entries- πυρόλυση noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Hungarian
1 entries- pirolízis noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Italian
1 entries- pirolisi noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Japanese
1 entries- 熱分解 noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Kazakh
1 entries- пиролиз noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Polish
1 entries- piroliza noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Portuguese
1 entries- pirólise noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Russian
1 entries- пиро́лиз noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- piroliza noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Spanish
1 entries- pirólisis noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Tagalog
1 entries- apuybilos noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
Turkish
1 entries- piroliz noun (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
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Twenty years ago our real understanding of the mechanism of alkane pyrolyses was little better than rudimentary.
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Pyrolysis involves the thermal degradation of the rubber of the tyre to give an oil and gas leaving a residual solid carbon and the steel casing of the tyre.
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Traditional pyrolysis of wood relies on low temperatures and long processing time to increase the charcoal yield. In contrast, modern or fast pyrolysis uses moderate temperatures (400-500°C) and very short residence times (typically only a few seconds) to maximize the production of liquids (Diebold and Bridgewater, 1997).
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