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The Hydrogen–Oxygen Reaction Sensitized by Nitrosyl Chloride

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IN studies1 of the explosions of mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen sensitized by nitrogen peroxide and nitrosyl chloride, the following reactions have all been suggested as chain-initiating steps.

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CHANMUGAM, J., ASHMORE, P. The Hydrogen–Oxygen Reaction Sensitized by Nitrosyl Chloride. Nature 170, 1067–1068 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701067a0

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