Abstract:
CONTENTS I. Introduction 260 II. Kinetic equations of a chain reaction with degenerate branching, linear chain termination, and non-chain consumption of an intermediate product 261 III. Critical phenomena in the gas-phase oxidation of hydrocarbons 264 IV. Phenomenon of a critical inhibitor concentration in the liquid-phase oxidation of hydrocarbons in batches 266 V. Phenomenon of a critical inhibitor concentration in the continuous oxidation of hydrocarbons in reaction vessels with ideal mixing (open systems) 273