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Table 1 The mechanism for ethane pyrolysis.

From: Dynamic sensitivity analysis of biological systems

Reaction

Rate constants

C2H6 → CH3 + CH3

1.14 × 10-2

CH3 + C2H6 → CH4 + C2H5

1.19 × 106

C2H5 → C2H4 + H

1.57 × 103

H + C2H6 → H2 + C2H5

9.72 × 108

H + H → H2

6.99 × 1013

  1. The initial concentration of C2H6 is 5.951 × 10-6 mol/cm3 and all other initial concentrations are zeros. Units for rate constants are mol, cm, s and the temperature is 923 K.