ABSTRACT
With monomers that are less reactive than acetylene, such as ethylene, the distribution of polymer deposition is much flatter as depicted in Figure 20.5. It is interesting to note that (1) the distribution of polymer deposition is much more uniform than that of acetylene (Figure 20.2) and no obvious maximum is observed at low flow rates, and (2) the minimum (rather than the maximum) deposition is observed in the vicinity of the monomer inlet at high flow rates (and high system pressures in glow). Moreover, the glow in the vicinity of the monomer inlet is noticeably weaker than that in the rest of the reactor at the high flow rate that showed the minimal deposition in the region.
