Adas
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Plasma oxidation of toluene/xylene mixture
Hello guys,
today I was experimenting with plasma oxidation. First, I tried oxidizing butane with HV sparks. The smell was the same as when you burn butane in a
closed bottle with less oxygen than needed.
I also tried that with mixture of toluene and xylene, and I observed a very strange, somewhat irritating smell.
What could it be? A mixture of benzenecarboxylic acids, maybe?
Thanks for your time.
EDIT: I just realized that it smells like lacquers on old furniture or something like that.
[Edited on 6-4-2013 by Adas]
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In both of these instances:
http://escampig2012.ist.utl.pt/Proceedings/files/Topic%203/e...
http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v99/i12/p123301_s1?isAu...
the toluene was oxidized in another sense of the term to what you use to give carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide...
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Adas
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So that's why I have headache! Carbon monoxide, lol. 
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Oh dear...how much toluene/xylenes were you using?
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Adas
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At the bottom of the jar there was 10-15ml, but the oxidation occured in gas phase (obviously) so the conversion was minimal. I didn't let it run for
too long.
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