| Nitric acid can drive oxidation reactions of paraffins producing nitroparaffins and other oxidation products. Presented here is a study on the aqueous liquid phase nitric acid oxidation of paraffin oil supported on PTFE particles. The goals of this study are: (1) To evaluate the effectiveness of nitric acid in removing paraffin oil from PTFE particle surfaces. (2) To evaluate the effects of nitric acid driven reactions with paraffin oils under varying reaction conditions. (3) To evaluate FTIR Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, DRIFT, as a tool to accomplish the quantitative analysis of this process. |
