Arc promoted chemical reactions

Claim 1

PROCESS FOR THE CONCURRENT PRODUCTION OF ACETYLENE AND HYDROGEN CYANIDE WHICH COMPRESES ENERGIZING A HIGHPRESSURE ARC OF PREDETERMINED ARC INTENSITY, FLOWING AT LEAST ONE ARC GAS TAKEN FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF NITROGEN, HYDROGEN AND ARGON AT A CONTROLLABLE RATE THROUGH SAID HIGH-PRESSURE ARC, DISCHARGING THE RESULTANT HOT ARC GAS STREAM AT A PRE-SELECTED THERMAL ENERGY CONTENT INTO A REACTION ZONE, CONTROLLABLY FEEDING TO SAID REACTION ZONE REACTNAT MATERIAL TAKEN FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS AND MIXTURES OF SUCH HYDROCARBON WITH AT LEAST ONE MATERIAL TAKEN FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF NITROGEN, HYDROGEN AND DISSOCIABLE NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS WITH THE PROVISO THAT NITROGEN BE PRESENT IN SAID REACTION ZONE, CORRELATING THE ARC INTENSITY AND THE ARC GAS FLOW RATE WITH THE FEED OF SAID REACTANT MATERIAL TO PROVIDE A PREDETERMINED THRMAL ENERGY TO SAID REACTANT MATERIAL RATIO, INTIMATELY MIXING SIAD HOT ARC GAS STREAM WITH SAID REACTANT MATERIAL TO PRODUCE ACETYLENE AND HYDROGEN CYANIDE AS REACTION PRODUCTS, PARTIALLY QUENCHING THE REACTION PRODUCTS BY CONTACTING THEM WITH HYDROGEN, AND THEN COOLING AN QUENCHING SAID REACTION PRODUCTS.