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THE energy present in long-lived latent form in flame gases resides, I think, in very stable abnormal triatomic molecules formed during combustion. The amount of latent energy in flame gases resulting from combustion at constant pressure is rarely less than about 15 per cent of the heat of combustion, and, if this view is correct, the numbers of abnormal mòlecules must be large.
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DAVID, W. Latent Energy and After-glow in Flame Gases. Nature 159, 407 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159407a0
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