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Up to the present time, research on the decomposition of liquid organic feedstocks in electrical discharges for the purpose of obtaining acetylene-rich gases has been carried out at normal or reduced pressure. When the pressure is reduced to 40–100 mm Hg, there is an increase of 5–7 vol.% in the acetylene concentration of the gas [1, 2]. However, practical realization of electrocracking under reduced pressure involves various technical difficulties. In addition, the extra energy expended on maintaining the vacuum must inevitably lead to increased costs.
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Pechuro, N.S., Soldatenkov, A.T., Merkur’ev, A.N., Chizhov, V.M. (1968). Decomposition of Liquid Petroleum Products under Pressure in a High-Voltage Arc. In: Pechuro, N.S. (eds) Organic Reactions in Electrical Discharges. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2711-8_21
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