Trendtopic: How to Use Microreactors to Produce Explosives

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To develop and perfect a microreactor for a new reaction, the researchers study the ongoing reaction in real time – peering into the reactor itself, so to speak. Various analytical procedures are helpful in this regard: some, such as spectroscopic techniques, reveal which kinds of products are created in the reactor – and thus how researchers can systematically increase yields of the desired product, possibly even preventing by products from forming in the first place.

Other analytical methods, such as calorimetry, provide scientists with information about the heat released over the course of a reaction. This measurement method tells them how quickly and completely the reaction is proceeding. It also provides an indication of how the process conditions need to be selected to ensure that the reaction proceeds safely. Researchers are presenting a variety of microreactors, microreactor processes and process-analytical techniques at the ACHEMA trade fair from June 18-22 in Frankfurt.

Hall 9.2, Stand D64

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