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NORRISH and co-workers1–3 have shown that vibrationally excited oxygen molecules are produced by flash photolysis of chlorine dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. These molecules are believed to originate in reactions of the type: 
Combination of familiar atomic flame techniques4,5 with absorption spectroscopy should enable such reactions to be studied directly. We have made observations of the reactions of atomic oxygen with ClO2, NO2 and O3 in this way, at pressures of 0.1–30 mm. mercury. Similar studies have been made using atomic nitrogen and hydrogen in the cases of ClO2 and O3.
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BROIDA, H., SCHIFF, H. & SUGDEN, T. Some Atomic Reactions by Absorption Spectroscopy. Nature 185, 759–760 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185759a0
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