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IT has been pointed out1 that the curvature found by Norrish and Rideal2 in the log d[H2S]/dt/1/T; curve representing the hydrogen-sulphur reaction was only to be observed in the presence of nitrogen. Pending further inquiry, we tentatively ascribed this to a facilitation by the nitrogen molecules of some chain mechanism. The investigation of this point, now complete, indicates that the effect is foreign to the true reaction, and arises from minute traces of oxygen present in the hydrogen-nitrogen mixtures.
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Aynsley, Pearson and Robinson, NATURE, 131, 471, April 1, 1933.
J. Chem. Soc., 123, 696 1923.
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AYNSLEY, E., PEARSON, T. & ROBINSON, P. Catalysis of the Hydrogen-Sulphur Reaction by Minute Traces of Oxygen. Nature 132, 101 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132101b0
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