Kinetics of chemical change in gaseous systems : the decomposition of diethyl ether on the surface of platinum.

The mechanism at a chemical reaction is determined by a study of the rate of reaction. In the investigation of reaction velocities, gaseous systems offer the greatest advantage; at for although one cannot follow any given raolecule the kinetic theory gives an insight as to what the average molecule is doing. Only a few reactions are known which take place in the gaseous phase, tite majority of such reactions take place on the walls of the containing vessel. [...