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Referee's report by Gilbert Thomas Morgan, on a paper 'The catalytic combination of hydrogen and oxygen at the surface of platinum' by David Leonard Chapman and Peter William Reynolds

Reference number: RR/59/21

Date: 18 May 1936

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The account is prolix, but canot be shortened without complete rewriting. Suggests clarifying the use of the terms 'pretreatment', 'reactivation' and deactivation'.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 20 May 1936.

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RR/59/21
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18 May 1936
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Gilbert Thomas Morgan, Referee's report by Gilbert Thomas Morgan, on a paper 'The catalytic combination of hydrogen and oxygen at the surface of platinum' by David Leonard Chapman and Peter William Reynolds, 18 May 1936, RR/59/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_21/referees-report-by-gilbert-thomas-morgan-on-a-paper-the-catalytic-combination-of-hydrogen-and-oxygen-at-the-surface-of-platinum-by-david-leonard-chapman-and-peter-william-reynolds, accessed on 03 December 2024

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