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WE have measured the rate constant for the reaction O− + O2 → O3− by irradiating a solution of aerated 10−1 N potassium hydroxide with a short pulse of fast electrons and observing directly the growth of the transient species O3− which has an absorption maximum at 4300 Å (refs. 1 and 2).
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ADAMS, G., BOAG, J. & MICHAEL, B. Rate Constant for the Reaction of O− with Oxygen. Nature 205, 898–899 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205898a0
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