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PROF. BONE has quoted in his letters with regard to the mechanism of combustion several interesting experimental results which he considers confirm the hydroxylation theory. He has recently directed attention to the finding by Dr. D. M. Newitt and Mr. A. E. Haffner of methyl alcohol in the oxidation products of methane and states that this has “shown conclusively that the slow oxidation of methane proceeds throughout in accordance with the hydroxylation theory”.1
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MARDLES, E. The Peroxidation of Hydrocarbons during Combustion in Air. Nature 128, 116–117 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128116b0
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