%0 Journal Article %T Kinetic Studies of the Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene to Benzoic Acid in the Liquid Phase %J Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering %I Iranian Institute of Research and Development in Chemical Industries (IRDCI)-ACECR %Z 1021-9986 %A Milani Nejad, Fereydoon %A Rahimizadeh, Mohammad %A Mirshahi, Hassan Ali %D 1997 %\ 06/01/1997 %V 16 %N 1 %P 8-9 %! Kinetic Studies of the Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene to Benzoic Acid in the Liquid Phase %K Catalytic oxidation %K Toluene %K Benzoic acid %K Rate of reaction %K Diffusion controlled reaction %R 10.30492/ijcce.1997.10325 %X The catalytic oxidation of toluene to benzoic acid in the liquid phase has been studied in an un-stirred tank reactor. Low concentration of acetic acid was added in order to increase the solubility of the catalyst in toluene. The dependence of the rate of reaction on the concentration of toluene catalyst and oxygen pressure was studied. It has been suggested that liquid phase oxidation of toluene to benzoic acid primarily is a diffusion controlled reaction and the order of reaction with respect to oxygen shifts to lower values by stirring. %U https://ijcce.ac.ir/article_10325_789675a63f8ff2149828bd5c2c0adefd.pdf