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Critical Phenomena in the Oxidation and Self-Inflammation of Hydrocarbons

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IN 1933 Townend and Mandlekar1,2,3 discovered a new phenomenon in the self-inflammation of mixtures of air and hydrocarbons. They showed that on reaching a certain pressure there was a sharp reduction (100°–200° C.) in the inflammation temperature. Similar effects occur in oxygen mixtures4,5,3.

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NEUMANN, M., AIVAZOV, B. Critical Phenomena in the Oxidation and Self-Inflammation of Hydrocarbons. Nature 135, 655–656 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135655a0

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