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THE conductivity i and nature of a discharge reaction have been shown to depend upon V — Vm, where V is the applied potential and Vm its 'threshold' value required to initiate i1. This is illustrated by the varied results for the above reaction, found sensitive to small changes in the operative conditions. The interaction of nitrous oxide with hydrogen, like its decomposition, sets in only above Vm; this increases sensibly linearly with the pressure p; the corresponding total time of reaction rises rapidly with p due to decrease of V — Vm1.
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JOSHI, S., DESHMUKH, G. Interaction of Nitrous Oxide and Hydrogen in the Silent Discharge. Nature 155, 483–484 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155483a0
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