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Atomic Oxygen and Dissociation in Flame Gases

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IT has been shown that an abnormal dissociation obtains in flame gases resulting from the combustion of carbon monoxide–air mixtures1,2. (Such an abnormal dissociation also obtains in hydrocarbon flame gases3.) If, as we believe, the dissociation products of metastable carbon dioxide molecules are carbon monoxide and atomic oxygen, there must be a considerable concentration of atomic oxygen in the flame gases unless there is a large excess of carbon monoxide present, in which case atomic oxygen recombines almost as soon as it is formed.

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DAVID, W., R.OUNTHWAITE, C. & CARPENTER, N. Atomic Oxygen and Dissociation in Flame Gases. Nature 161, 726 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161726a0

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