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The
focus of my research is on the kinetics of decomposition of various organic
and inorganic species by means of in situ FT-IR spectroscopy. Recently,
I have investigated the behavior of Ni(CO)4 and Co(CO)4- in the 50-90°C
and 200-240°C temperature ranges respectively and 275 bar. Both
species were found to decarbonylate. In the case of Co(CO)4- the
resulting CO was found to oxidize to CO2 according to the well known water-gas
shift reaction.
PUBLICATIONS: • “Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Reactions 17. Kinetics of the Surface-Catalyzed Water Gas Shift Reaction with Inadvertent Formation of Ni(CO)4”, Davide Miksa and Thomas B. Brill, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2001, 40, 3098-3103. • “Hydrothermal Reactions of Simple Molecules by Real-Time Infrared Spectroscopy”, T. B. Brill, A. J. Belsky, D. Miksa, N. Gunawardena, High Pressure Research, 2001, 20, 429-438. • “Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal Reactions 21. Reactions and Kinetics of Ni(CO)4, Co(CO)4- and (?5-C5H5)Co(CO)2 in High Temperature Water”, Davide Miksa and Thomas B. Brill, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (in press). • “Spectroscopy of Hydrothermal
Reactions 22. The Effects of Cations on the Decarboxylation Kinetics of
Trifluoroacetate, Cyanoacetate, Propiolate and Malonate Ions”, Davide Miksa,
Jun Li, and Thomas B. Brill, J. Phys. Chem. (submitted for review).
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