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THE slow decomposition of ethylene oxide vapour has received the attention of a number of investigators1–3. In extension of their work, we have studied the limiting conditions of temperature and pressure under which the reaction becomes explosive in a 550 c.c. quartz bulb.
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BURGOYNE, J., BURDEN, F. Explosive Decomposition of Ethylene Oxide. Nature 163, 723 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163723a0
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