H. Eyring, J. Hirschfelder, H. Taylor
Sep 1, 1936
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Journal of Chemical Physics
Abstract
A theory is developed for the radiochemical synthesis and decomposition of hydrogen bromide which makes use of experimentally known processes of ionization, the known rates of a few simple chemical reactions, and the extensive experimental results of Lind and Livingston. The analysis indicates that in pure hydrogen gas, six hydrogen atoms are formed per ion pair; in pure hydrogen bromide, six hydrogen bromide molecules would be decomposed; and in equal mixtures of Br2 and HBr the chance that an electron will form negative ions with HBr (HBr +e→H+Br—) is greater than with Br2.