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    Styrene is prepared through the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene using a zinc oxide catalyst at 600 degrees Celsius. There are side reactions that can occur, such as the cracking of ethylbenzene to produce benzene, toluene, and other hydrocarbons. The process involves preheating ethylbenzene and steam, adding them to a reactor where dehydrogenation takes place, cooling the gases and separating the hydrocarbons through distillation to collect styrene as the product.

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    Styrene is prepared through the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene using a zinc oxide catalyst at 600 degrees Celsius. There are side reactions that can occur, such as the cracking of ethylbenzene to produce benzene, toluene, and other hydrocarbons. The process involves preheating ethylbenzene and steam, adding them to a reactor where dehydrogenation takes place, cooling the gases and separating the hydrocarbons through distillation to collect styrene as the product.

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    Styrene is prepared through the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene using a zinc oxide catalyst at 600 degrees Celsius. There are side reactions that can occur, such as the cracking of ethylbenzene to produce benzene, toluene, and other hydrocarbons. The process involves preheating ethylbenzene and steam, adding them to a reactor where dehydrogenation takes place, cooling the gases and separating the hydrocarbons through distillation to collect styrene as the product.

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    Preparation of Styrene

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    Styrene is prepared through the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene using a zinc oxide catalyst at 600 degrees Celsius. There are side reactions that can occur, such as the cracking of ethylbenzene to produce benzene, toluene, and other hydrocarbons. The process involves preheating ethylbenzene and steam, adding them to a reactor where dehydrogenation takes place, cooling the gases and separating the hydrocarbons through distillation to collect styrene as the product.

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    PREPARATION OF STYRENE:-

    Styrene is prepared by DEHYDROGINATION of


    ETHYL BENZENE.

    CATALYST:-
    Zinc Oxide catalyst.

    TEMPERATURE:-
    At 600 C

    MAIN REACTION:-
    (ZnO)
    C6H5C2H5 ----------- > C6H5CH = CH2 + H2
    600oC
    SIDE REACTIONS OCCUR:-

    There Are 2 Main Side Reactions;

    * The cracking of ETHYL BENZENE to give


    BENZENE,
    TOULENE, METHANE, ETHANE etc.

    * Cracking of HYDROCARBONS to CARBONS


    which
    then react with STEAM & form OXIDES OF
    CARBON.In addition of small quantities of
    STIBENE
    and DIPHENYL are also produced.
    PROCESS OF DEHYDROGINATION OF ETHYL BENZENE:-

    1. Steam and Ethyl benzene are preheated at 200-300 C


    2. Vapour of Ethyl Benzene goes to a reactor.
    3. Steam goes to a furnace where it is superheated at 720 C and then goes
    to reator.
    4. Dehydrogination of ETHYL BENZENE to STYRENE occurs in presence of
    ZINC OXIDE catalyst.
    5. After 1-2 hours gases leaving the reactor .
    6. partially cooled in heat exchanger.
    7. After cooling the reacting mixture goes to the GRAVITY SEPARATOR,
    where 2 layers are formed.
    8. Lower layer of WATER discarded.
    9. Upper layer of HYDROCARBON goes for FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION.
    10.Here STYRENE is collected as product.
    11.Top product containing BENZENE and TOULENE.
    12.Unreacted ETHYL BENZENE is recycled.
    13.The bottom may have STYRENE POLYMER.

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