Issue 16, 2018

Shock-tube study of the decomposition of tetramethylsilane using gas chromatography and high-repetition-rate time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Abstract

The decomposition of tetramethylsilane was studied in shock-tube experiments in a temperature range of 1270–1580 K and pressures ranging from 1.5 to 2.3 bar behind reflected shock waves combining gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and high-repetition-rate time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HRR-TOF-MS). The main observed products were methane (CH4), ethylene (C2H4), ethane (C2H6), and acetylene (C2H2). In addition, the formation of a solid deposit was observed, which was identified to consist of silicon- and carbon-containing nanoparticles. A kinetics sub-mechanism with 13 silicon species and 20 silicon-containing reactions was developed. It was combined with the USC_MechII mechanism for hydrocarbons, which was able to simulate the experimental observations. The main decomposition channel of TMS is the Si–C bond scission forming methyl (CH3) and trimethylsilyl radicals (Si(CH3)3). The rate constant for TMS decomposition is represented by the Arrhenius expression ktotal[TMS → products] = 5.9 × 1012 exp(−267 kJ mol−1/RT) s−1.

Graphical abstract: Shock-tube study of the decomposition of tetramethylsilane using gas chromatography and high-repetition-rate time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Oct 2017
Accepted
22 Dec 2017
First published
05 Jan 2018

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 10686-10696

Shock-tube study of the decomposition of tetramethylsilane using gas chromatography and high-repetition-rate time-of-flight mass spectrometry

P. Sela, S. Peukert, J. Herzler, M. Fikri and C. Schulz, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 10686 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP06827A

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