AN ACCURATE METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR SMALL QUANTITIES OF ETHYLENE

Abstract

A procedure is described for the accurate analysis of ethylene in mixtures of ethane and ethylene by hydrogenation over a nickel–kieselguhr catalyst. Samples of ethylene as small as 0.03 cc. in mixtures of the order of 1.5 cc. of gas at N.T.P. can be determined to an accuracy of about one half per cent. Results are reported over a range of mixtures.