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FROM some observations on the chemical action of dilute sulphuric acid on magnetized iron, it has been stated1 that, in addition to hydrogen, oxygen is present in considerable quantities, whereas with unmagnetized iron no such phenomenon occurs. We have investigated this further with an apparatus specially designed to exclude atmospheric oxygen and to prevent its subsequent diffusion into the materials. The results obtained with Swedish commercial iron indicated such an effect of the order of magnitude of only 10−3 to 10−4 by volume2.
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WAGNER, G., BLAHA, F. Action of Dilute Sulphuric Acid on Magnetized Iron. Nature 168, 74 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168074a0
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