The Mechanism of the Reaction of Hydrogen Atoms with Oxygen
- 1 July 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 1 (7) , 457-465
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1749318
Abstract
(1) A mechanism has been suggested for the reaction of hydrogen atoms with oxygen. This mechanism unifies a considerable number of hitherto conflicting data which have been assembled in connection with studies of the reaction. (2) The rate variation with the concentration of hydrogen and oxygen has been explained. (3) The quantum yield has been predicted, using the same constants as those necessary to reproduce the rate variation. Also the variation of quantum yield with light intensity is found to be as predicted. (4) The temperature coefficient is also as predicted by the mechanism, but agreement is only semi‐quantitative. (5) The bearing of this mechanism on a series of reactions which have been and are still under investigation has been indicated.Keywords
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