Open AccessThe formation of ozone from oxygen after collision with electrons
Publication year - 1930
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.1930.0075
Subject(s) - ozone , oxygen , excited state , ion , atomic physics , electron , collision , absorption (acoustics) , chemistry , photochemistry , chemical physics , materials science , physics , nuclear physics , organic chemistry , computer science , computer security , composite material
In a previous paper the reactions between nitrogen and oxygen after collision with electrons have been described, and mention was made of some anomalies noticeable in the total absorption of gas. It was natural to suppose that the formation of ozone played a part in these, and accordingly a more detailed study has been made of the behaviour of oxygen in the same apparatus. The results obtained agree best with a mechanism requiring neither atoms nor ions for the formation of ozone, but rather an excited ion of short life, a possibility which is not contradicated by previous experimental work.