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WE are interested in the suggestion put forward by E. O. Powell in his recent communication1, in which he stated that the effective bactericidal life of hypochlorite aerosols is dependent on “the velocity of changes occurring between the collision of carbon dioxide molecules in the air with droplets of the aerosol and the appearance of the corresponding H ions”. The hydration process, it was suggested, might be slow compared with the former, thus becoming the rate-controlling factor in the bactericidal action of the aerosol.
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Powell, E. O., NATURE, 146, 401 (1940).
Baker, Finn and Twort, J. Hyg., 40, 560–582 (1940).
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BAKER, A., FINN, S. Hydration of Carbon Dioxide and its Influence on Germicidal Activity of Hypochlorite Aerosols. Nature 146, 747 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146747a0
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