Process for conducting gaseous reactions

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A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING A HYDROCARBON INTO A GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCT THE FORMATION OF WHICH IS FAVORED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING GASIFORM REACTANTS COMPRISING SAID HYDROCARBON INTO A REACTION ZONE FORMING A FLUID STREAM, SUBJECTING SAID REACTANTS IN SAID FLUID STREAM TO EXOTHERMIC REACTION AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND A VELOCITY IN THE RANGE OF 1000 TO 5000 FEET PER SECOND FORMING A STREAM OF REACTION FLUID COMPRISING PRODUCTS OF SAID REACTION HAVING A GAS VELOCITY WITHIN SAID RANGE, AND SUBJECTING SAID REACTION FLUID TO A SUDDEN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE BY DECELERATION OF SAID STREAM IN A DIFFUSION ZONE CONVERTING KINETIC ENERGY OF SAID STREAM TO INTERNAL ENERGY AND EFFECTING A CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF SAID REACTION FLUID, AND QUENCHING THE RESULTING PRODUCTS OF REACTION.