Ignition of acetylene-oxygen mixtures behind shock waves

The delay time of ignition of C₂H₂-O₂-Ar mixtures of various compositions behind reflected shock waves were measured at 980–1300 K and 0.65 ± 0.05 MPa. A kinetic scheme of the ignition of acetylene based on the available rate constants of the key elementary reactions was developed. The scheme satisfactorily describes the experimental data from various works over wide temperature, pressure, and concentration ranges: 980–2400 K, 0.01–1.0 MPa, and 0.5–20.3 vol % acetylene and 1.25–20.4 vol% O₂.