Condition of Freshly Burnt Gases

Abstract

IN his interesting article¹ on “The Condition of Freshly Burnt Gases”, Dr. A. G. Gaydon gives very clear expression to his view that during the combustion of dry carbon monoxide mixtures the freshly formed carbon dioxide is charged with a large excess of vibratory energy which is only very slowly partitioned ; but if the carbon monoxide mixtures are moist, or a little hydrogen is added to them, partitioning of the excess vibratory energy in the carbon dioxide takes place rapidly because of the powerful deactivating influence of water vapour. Experiment, however, seems to indicate that this view is untenable.