In reply to Roarty, Francis X's message of Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:07:46 -0500: Hi, [snip] >on Wednesday, January 19 Mark Iverson said [snip]" If that won't reverse the >runaway condition fast enough, inject a contaminating gas... Perhaps, of all >things, steam?" [/snip] > >Hi Mark, > I agree a reaction quashing gas is a good idea but not steam which is > very reactive and could permanently damage the catalyst- rather an inert gas > like helium to quickly change pressure and ratio of available reactants to > activated geometry. >You might have to purge the gas mix before restarting but at least the >catalyst should still be activated. >Regards >Fran Note that some "inert" gasses are also Mills catalysts, so might not exactly have the expected effect. ;) A better gas to use might be Nitrogen.
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