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How predictable are the decomposition temperatures of trithiocarbonates?

How do the following parameters: Ionic radius of a cation. Oxidation number of a cation. Noble metal cation vs alkali metal cation. Something else that I may not know about. affect the decomposition ...
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Products formed upon pyrolysis of alkanes

What sort of products will be formed when we subject a higher alkane (say decane) to pyrolysis by heating at 773-973 K in the presence of $\ce{H2/Ni}$? I know that lower aliphatic alkanes and alkenes ...
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High-temperature interactions with salts on nichrome wire

I'm working on creating aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films, but instead of the usual glass substrate, I want to try this on a fine nichrome wire. I'm using a mix of zinc acetate $\ce{Zn(...
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