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THE suggestion has been put forward by Prof. David and Mr. Pugh1 from the results of name temperature experiments that the large latent energies found in flame gases, due probably to excess intramolecular energy in the triatomic molecules formed during combustion, facilitate the dissociation of the products, with the result that excessive dissociation is observed. The results of a number of closed-vessel explosion experiments confirm this view, and also indicate that the degree of such dissociation is, as would be expected, dependent on the amount of latent energy associated with the products of combustion.
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LEAH, A. Latent Energy and Dissociation in Explosions. Nature 145, 897–898 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145897a0
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