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Decomposition of Nitrogen Pentoxide

Nature volume 119, page 123 (1927)Cite this article

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IN a recent paper read to the Chemical Society on December 2 last, I described experiments which show that when nitrogen peroxide is illuminated by light from the mercury vapour lamp a photochemical stationary state of the nature

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    R. G. W. NORRISH

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NORRISH, R. Decomposition of Nitrogen Pentoxide. Nature 119, 123 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119123a0

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