Question

For vapour phase oxidation low pressure is required.

(a) True

(b) False

I have been asked this question in unit test.

This interesting question is from Vapor Phase Oxidation of Aliphatic Compounds topic in section Oxidation of Unit Processes

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) False

To explain I would say: The vapour phase oxidation must have sufficiently high vapour pressures at the temperatures required for oxidation to make it possible to mix them with air (oxygen) and pass them in the gaseous state over the catalyst material.