The interaction of oxygen with nitrogen after collision with electrons
- 2 June 1930
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character
- Vol. 127 (806) , 511-529
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1930.0074
Abstract
In previous communications from this laboratory a method of examining the rates of reaction of gases after collision with electrons has been described; and in particular the use of a triode of special construction and dimensions for determining the critical potentials at which the reaction takes place has been noted. This method has now been applied to the combustion of nitrogen, which has been shown to depend upon ionisation of the nitrogen, activation or ionisation of oxygen apparently playing no part. This conclusion is supported by the measurements of critical potentials, by the chemical examination of the reaction products in the experiments to be described, and to some extent by measurements of the efficiency of the process.Keywords
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