On December 19, 2007, the T2 Laboratories, Inc., reactor exploded in a runaway reaction. The reaction of methyl cyclopentadienyl dimer and sodium produces sodium methyl cyclopentadiene and hydrogen:
The reactor has to be cooled when its temperature reaches
If the rare constant for a typical reaction is
if all the heat were released at once?
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