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Langmuir Adsorption as a Determinant of Conductivity in a Low-frequency Electric Discharge

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THE marked influence of sorption of electronegative gases on photo- and thermo-electric currents in a number of systems is well known1. We have now investigated the significance of Langmuir adsorption or chemi-sorption, chiefly occurring under discharge2, in determining the conductivity of a gas excited at reduced pressures by low-frequency potentials.

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  1. M. G. BHATAWDEKAR

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    A. P. SAXENA

  2. Chemistry Department, University of Delhi,

    M. G. BHATAWDEKAR & N. A. RAMAIAH

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SAXENA, A., BHATAWDEKAR, M. & RAMAIAH, N. Langmuir Adsorption as a Determinant of Conductivity in a Low-frequency Electric Discharge. Nature 171, 929–930 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171929b0

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