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SINCE the observation by Davy1 that nitric oxide is absorbed by alkaline potassium sulphite to form a crystalline compound (shown later by Pelouze2 to have the composition K2SO5N2), several conflicting formulæ have been suggested to account for its chemistry3–6.
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COX, E., JEFFREY, G. & STADLER, H. Structure of the Dinitrososulphite Ion. Nature 162, 770 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162770a0
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