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THE exchange of oxygen atoms between nitrous acid and isotopically enriched water has been followed by the isolation of the nitrous acid as its insoluble silver salt, and the decomposition of this salt, to water, by heating with dry ammonium chloride in vacuo. The water produced was then equilibrated with carbon dioxide, and the isotopic content of this gas determined mass spectrometrically.
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BUNTON, C., LLEWELLYN, D. & STEDMAN, G. Oxygen Exchange between Nitrous Acid and Water. Nature 175, 83–84 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175083b0
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