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THE inhibiting effect of hydrocarbons on the hydrogen–oxygen reaction was discovered during the course of a war-time study, described elsewhere1, of the problem of exhaust flames from aero-engines. Preliminary experiments at that time showed that this inhibiting effect was obtained with a range of hydrocarbons from pentane to octane, as well as with the lower alcohols.
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BALDWIN, R., CORNEY, N. & PRECIOUS, R. Two Types of Inhibition of the Hydrogen–Oxygen Reaction by Hydrocarbons. Nature 169, 201–202 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169201b0
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