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IT is well known that the low-pressure explosion of carbon monoxide – oxygen mixtures is characterized by an upper and a lower pressure limit of explosion at a particular temperature. We find that it is also characterized by an upper and a lower pressure limit for a glow, accompanied by slow oxidation, to occur.
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HOARE, D., WALSH, A. Effect of Water Vapour on Explosions of Carbon Monoxide. Nature 170, 838–839 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170838b0
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