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IN a letter in NATURE of March 30, I asked for suspension of judgment regarding a difference of opinion between Mr. Hinshelwood and his colleagues on one hand, and myself and my co-workers on the other, with regard to the possibility of measuring the rate of chemical reaction in the thermal decomposition of gaseous acetaldehyde by observing the rate of increase of pressure at constant volume, and also as to the mechanism of the chemical process involved. Mr. Hinshelwood has published an account of his latest work on this subject, and Mr. R. V. Seddon and I have carried on our own work to a point at which publication is possible. We believe that our results support our views on the case.
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TRAVERS, M. Thermal Decomposition of Certain Gaseous Organic Compounds. Nature 136, 909–910 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136909b0
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