Open AccessThe heats of combustion of carbon monoxide in oxygen and of nitrous oxide in carbon monoxide at constant pressure
Author(s) -
J H Awbery,
Ezer Griffiths
Publication year - 1933
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.1933.0099
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , nitrous oxide , combustion , oxygen , chemistry , carbon dioxide , calorimeter (particle physics) , atmosphere (unit) , compounds of carbon , carbon fibers , inorganic chemistry , chemical reaction , thermodynamics , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , detector , composite number , electrical engineering , composite material , engineering , catalysis
Data on the heats of combustion of nitrous oxide and of oxygen in carbon monoxide are not only of thermo-chemical importance in themselves but they also afford a basis for evaluating the heat of formation of nitrous oxide from its elements. The present paper is concerned with the measurement of these two heats of combustion by the constant pressure method. The reaction was brought about by the continuous burning of one of the reacting gases in an excess atmosphere of the other. The heat evolution was obtained by measuring the temperature rise of the water in a calorimeter, and the weight of gas involved in the reaction was determined by absorbing and weighing the carbon dioxide produced.