To a 2-L jacketed round reactor vessel (reactor #1) with an overall heat
transfer coefficient of about 100 Btu/F-ft2-hr, add ingredients one, two and
three with constant agitation. In a second 2-L reactor vessel with a radial
flow impeller operating at 100 rpm, add ingredients four, five, six, and
seven until the mixture is homogenous. To reactor #2, add ingredient eight,
followed by three equal volumes of the homogenous mixture in reactor #1.
Additionally, add ingredient nine and ten slowly, with constant agitation.
Care must be taken at this point in the reaction to control any temperature
rise that may be the result of an exothermic reaction.
Using a screw extrude attached to a #4 nodulizer, place the mixture
piece-meal on a 316SS sheet (300 x 600 mm). Heat in a 460K oven for a period
of time that is in agreement with Frank & Johnston's first order rate
expression (see JACOS, 21, 55), or until golden brown. Once the reaction is
complete, place the sheet on a 25C heat-transfer table, allowing the product
to come to equilibrium.
