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IT is well known to electricians that the insulating power of ebonite gradually diminishes in consequence of the formation of a conducting layer of sulphuric acid on the surface (produced by the oxidation of the sulphur used in vulcanising). It is perhaps not so well known that exposure to light facilitates this change, if indeed it is not an essential condition.
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McLEOD, H. Action of Light on Ebonite. Nature 14, 525 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014525a0
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