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IN their investigation of the oxidation of gaseous formaldehyde at 337° C, Axford and Norrish1 found that the reaction, which started immediately, was accompanied by a pressure increase. The rate of pressure rise gradually diminished as the reactants became consumed. The major overall reactions were considered on the basis of product analysis to be: with the former predominating. The propagation steps, as suggested then and modified later by McKellar and Norrish2, were: which together are equivalent to reaction (1). To explain the production of carbon dioxide the following step was postulated:
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Axford, D. W. E., and Norrish, R. G. W., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 192, 518 (1948).
McKellar, J. F., and Norrish, R. G. W., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 254, 147 (1960).
Scheer, M. D., Fifth Symposium on Combustion, 435 (Reinhold, New York, 1955).
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NORRISH, R., THOMAS, J. Oxidation of Gaseous Formaldehyde. Nature 210, 728–729 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210728a0
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