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IN Dr. Elliott's absence, en route to Australia, I venture to indicate certain difficulties inherent in the hypothesis proposed by Mr. G. Glockler in NATURE of Jan. 21 for the mechanism of the formation of hydrogen sulphide in experiments on active hydrogen produced in an ozoniser discharge. At a constant alternating potential applied to the ozoniser electrodes, and at a constant gas pressure, it is clear that, as the velocity of gas flow is increased, the number of electrons per litre of hydrogen available for adsorption on the sulphur is increased since the interval in which recombination can take place is diminished. Dr. Elliott's experiments show that under such conditions the amount of hydrogen sulphide formed per litre of hydrogen decreases as the velocity of gas flow is increased.
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LUNT, R. Activation of Hydrogen by Electric Discharge. Nature 121, 357 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121357b0
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