On the syntheses of Acrylonitrile

A Study on Development of an Electrolysis System with Vertically Circulating Mercury Capillary Bundle Electrode and Its Characteristics

“…The porous glass tube serving as a space for packing a fiber bundle plays another role as the membrane for separating the working solution and the counter solution, maintaining the electric neutrality of the system. Analysis of the electroredox reaction occurring in this system and the evaluation of stability of the system can be performed with a simple equation as follows3'4 I = nFf (C,, -C051) [1] In this equation, I, n, F, f, C,,,, and C0,, are the current (A) measured between the mercury working electrode and a reference electrode, the number of electrons involved in the electroreaction, the Faraday constant (96,500 C), the flow rate of the aqueous solution (liter/s), inlet concentration of metal ion in the solution (mol/liter), and outlet concentration of metal ion in the solution (mol/liter), respectively. If the system operates at a limiting current state throughout the electrolysis reaction, the metal ion concentration is zero at all points of mercury electrode surface.…”