A preliminary study of the characteristic physical properties of chlorinated asphalt

<p>The introduction of chlorine into hydrocarbon compounds produces a product with properties markedly different from those of the original hydrocarbon. Methane, a gas at ordinary conditions, becomes methyl chloride, still a gas but having a higher condensation point than methane, upon the substitution of one chlorine atom in place of a hydrogen atom per molecule of methane. Upon the introduction of three atoms of chlorine per molecule of methane, chloroform, a very volatile liquid, is formed, and upon the introduction of four atoms of chlorine carbon tetrachloride, a less volatile liquid is produced.</p><p>Chlorination takes place in a “saturated” hydrocarbon by substitution, while in an “unsaturated” hydrocarbon it may take place both by substitution and addition.</p><p>Asphalt is composed largely of hydrocarbons with a small amount of compounds of sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. The hydrocarbons are principally naphthenes, cyclic compounds, which may be represented by the type formula C_nH_2n.</p>The lowest member of the series, cyclopropane has the structural formula: [see PDF file for formula]</p><p>This series is “saturated”, but “unsaturated compounds with a similar structure can occur. Such a compound would be cyclopropane, [see PDF file for formula]</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Year dc:date.available

1936

Author dc:creator

• Spafford, Ernest Clifford

Contributors dc:contributor

• Arthur t. Bawden

• Asphalt
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/327

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1326