Abstract
Reynolds Numbers for the commonly used rates of flow of a reacting mixture through a conventional combustion tube are far below the critical value. The laminar flow to be expected accordingly is disturbed by convection currents when the tube is heated and flow configuration depends on such factors as ratio of length to diameter and temperature gradients but can be varied by creating local differences of flow velocity within a uniformly heated reaction space such as reaction chamber No. 10 described in Part I. The effects on reaction velocity of the factors mentioned have been determined by experiments described in this part. The results indicate that the velocity of a heterogeneous reaction is determined by flow configuration, that 'packing' does not distinguish between homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions and that the oxidation of pentane, taken as a typical hydrocarbon, is a heterogeneous reaction.
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