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A Millisecond Furnace is a device used for cracking naphtha into ethylene,[1] by extremely short (50 to 100 millisecond) exposure to temperatures of about 900 degrees Celsius, followed by a rapid quenching below 750 degrees Celsius.

It was developed by M. W. Kellogg and Idemitsu in the 1970s.[2]

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