Talk:Thermal decomposition
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[edit] Merge from Thermolysis
Same thing. Merge - Jack (talk) 03:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Merge 84.160.245.126 17:24, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Do not merge These are distinct ideas that deserve separate articles. 24.255.11.232 02:53, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Could you please stress the differences? - Jack (talk) 17:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thermolysis means dissociation or decomposition of chemical compounds by heat [1], while thermal decomposition is the decomposition of chemical compounds by heat. So the core is in the difference between chemical dissociation and chemical decomposition. As far as I understand decomposition is of a more destructive, less precisely controlled and heterogeneous nature where you additionally can not expect to get the exact same product if you were to try to perform a chemical synthesis on the products. A dissociation on the other hand is more like an exact breakup of a molecule with the possibility of using recombination to get the exact same product back. --Tunheim 12:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge from Decomposition temperature
Would be useful to have on the same page. Merge - Jack (talk) 03:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Unless the list of materials and temperatures grows too big, merge. 84.160.245.126 17:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Examples in article are wrong, they are not complex organic compounds
According to Encyclopædia Britannica thermal decomposition is "a breakdown of complex organic compounds without oxidation". The examples given in this article, calcium carbonate and copper carbonate, are not complex organic compounds. The examples should be replaced or removed. --Tunheim 12:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
