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WHEN ammonia is passed through a discharge tube, under the same conditions as used to prepare atomic hydrogen, an active gas is obtained. This active gas is reducing in character as shown by the reduction of cupric oxide and of a zinc oxide—chromium oxide catalyst. Small solid particles are heated to incandescence; a phenomenon often observed with atomic hydrogen. The solid ammonia condensed in the liquid air trap (1.5 m. from the discharge tube) gave an intense blue-green glow when the active gas passed over it.
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LAVIN, G., BATES, J. The Exit Gas from an Ammonia Discharge Tube. Nature 125, 709 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125709c0
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