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Kinetics of Proton-transfer Reactions

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THE kinetics of proton-transfer reactions have been studied, using a number of methods, by Eigen et al.1 and by Ertl and Gerischer2, and this communication reports the application of yet another technique—pulse radiolysis—to the study of the reaction between H3O+ and OH.

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BARKER, G., SAMMON, D. Kinetics of Proton-transfer Reactions. Nature 213, 65–66 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213065b0

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