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for the deformatim vibration of the C=C bond 6 = 333 cm.-l Using these new frequencies, the acetylenic bonding contributions t o the heat capacity are listed for a series of temperatures i n Table 111, and should be employed in place of their counterpart in the previous paper (91).
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
It is m y pleasant d u t y t o thank Herman D. ’Puoether for pointing out the shortcomings of the earlier acetylenic frequency assignment, and t h e Dow Chemical Company for permission to publish this work. LITERATURE CITE0
BONDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEAT TABLE 111. ACETYLENIC CAPACITY(CALORIES/MOLE/BOND) Y
T,0 K. e 250 300 350 400 450 600 600 700 4
e
= 2215. = 3178~
0.0009
O.OO5i
0.01~6 0.0446 0.0840 0.1398 0.2821 0.4466 = 1.435
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6 = 333b
e
478
1 ,4782 1.6152 1.7052 1.7665 1.8103 1.8423 1.8853 1.9114
T,O K .
Y = 2215, 0 = 3178a
d = 333, 8 = 478“
800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500
0.6743 0.7696 0.9104 1.0345 1.1423 1.2356 1.3156 1.3852
1.9290 1.9409 1.9497 1.9560 1.9609 1.9648 1,9679 1,9703
X vibrational frequency.
Calculation of t h e heat capacity of acetylene with the new frequencies gives results as much as 12.5 per cent lower than the d a t a of Frost (11). This is understandable, for thc theoretical assignment of frequencies in acetylene (60)is considerably different from those for the substituted acetylenes (7, 8, l a ) , on which the new frequency assignment is based. Consequently, t h e d a t a in Table I1 are those of Frost (11) converted t o one atmosphere. Other acetylenic derivatives in Table I1 were from the new frequencies. T h e new d a t a calculated for methylacetylene are 2.8 per cent or less below the experimental (IS)and calculated (8) values; those calculated for dimethylacetylene are 1.4 per cent or less above the experimental values (14). Except for acetylene, t h e new frequencies reproduce the experimental heat capacities as well as the frequencies first employed (31).
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DANIEL R.STWLL
Autoclaves for Pressure-Temperature Reactions SIR: With reference t o the section o n “Safety Devices” on page 942 of this article (September, 1943), t h e folloa‘ing question has been asked: Was it intended t h a t a frangible diaphragm with a rated bursting pressure of one and a half or two times the design pressure of the vessel should be used as the sole safety device? The answer i$ definitely negative, for the A, S. M. E. Code specifies t h a t relief devices shall function a t t h e design pressure; hence, i t would be permissible t o use a safety head with a bursting pressure fixed a t one and a half or two times the design pressure (depending upon operating conditions) only when the vessel is equipped with another safety device set t o let go at the design pressure. T h e discussion in question was strictly limited t o such practice. However, now t h a t the question has been raised, it might be well t o amplify this discussion. First, it might be pointed out t h a t most engineers consider two pressures when designing autoclaves and other pressure vessels-the operating or working pressure and the design pressure; the latter should always be set at least 10 per cent above the operating or working pressure and would correspond t o the setting of the usual safety valve. The writer knows of a number of cases in which safety heads are the sole safety device. In such cases the design pressure of the vessel should not be lower than the rated bursting pressure of the rupture disk; even then, in many instances the best practice might call for a safety valve in parallel with the safety head. Further, in such cases the design pressure should be at least 50
per cent above the working pressure, for if operated at a pressure too close t o the rated bursting pressure, the rupture disk may be overstressed. This may result in premature failure which in some cases can entail the loss of valuable batches of chemicals being processed. When vessels are used for comparatively low operating pressures, the design pressure can be 50 per cent higher than the working pressure without a n excessive increase in the cost of the equipment; b u t for high-pressure autoclaves it is probably decidedly preferable (from the standpoint of initial cost) t o use a safety valve set at the design pressure and then, solely as a n emergency safety device, a safety head with a rupture disk having a bursting pressure of one and a half or two times the design pressure. Finally it should be borne in mind t h a t the above remarks apply only t o cases where vessels are being operated a t permissible maximum pressures. I n many instances vessels are actually operated at much lower pressures than those on which design was based. This sometimes makes i t possible t o use a rupture disk with a rated bursting pressure equal t o or lower than the design pressure of the vessel b u t still following the recommended practice of being 50 per cent above the actual operating pressure. D. B. GOOCH BLAW-KNOX COMPANY PITTBBDROH, PBNNA.
