Open AccessFurther experiments on the combustion of well-dried carbon monoxide and oxygen mixtures. —Part III
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1929.0071
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , ignition system , spark (programming language) , atmospheric pressure , combustion , platinum , carbon fibers , oxygen , electrode , chemistry , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , composite material , thermodynamics , chromatography , organic chemistry , meteorology , physics , engineering , computer science , catalysis , composite number , programming language
In Part I of this series, which was communicated to the Society in January, 1926, it was shown (inter alia ) that a 6-months P2 O5 -dried 2CO2 + O2 mixture, made up from highly purified ingredients, could be exploded at atmospheric pressure in a cylindrical bulb of about 100 c. c. capacity by a minimum condenser discharge spark of about 0.77 m. f. at 970 volts between platinum “balled” electrodes, although less energetic sparks had failed entirely to effect any (even local) ignition. Since that time, the experiments have been continued with a view to determining the effect (if any) of a still more prolonged P2 O5 -drying upon the ignitibility and the “minimum spark energy” required for the ignition of such 2CO + O2 mixtures and the present paper summarises the results thereof.