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Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to Miss Boatwright, regarding two papers 'The oxidation of liquid hydrocarbons. I. The chain formation of hydroperoxides and their decomposition' by Philip George, Eric Keightley Rideal and Alan Robertson, and 'The oxidation of liquid hydrocarbons II. The energy-chain mechanism for the thermal oxidation of tetralin' by Philip George and Alan Robertson

Reference number: RR/68/470

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Has finally had time to read the 'voluminous papers'. Suggests telling Eric Keightley Rideal that the referee agrees to publication, provided some editing and curtailment of paper II is done. Requests adding a note, stating that delay in returning the papers has been due to war work.

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

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1944
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Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to Miss Boatwright, regarding two papers 'The oxidation of liquid hydrocarbons. I. The chain formation of hydroperoxides and their decomposition' by Philip George, Eric Keightley Rideal and Alan Robertson, and 'The oxidation of liquid hydrocarbons II. The energy-chain mechanism for the thermal oxidation of tetralin' by Philip George and Alan Robertson, 1944, RR/68/470, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_470/letter-from-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-to-miss-boatwright-regarding-two-papers-the-oxidation-of-liquid-hydrocarbons-i-the-chain-formation-of-hydroperoxides-and-their-decomposition-by-philip-george-eric-keightley-rideal-and-alan-robertson-and-the-oxidation-of-liquid-hydrocarbons-ii-the-energy-chain-mechanism-for-the-thermal-oxidation-of-tetralin-by-philip-george-and-alan-robertson, accessed on 15 November 2025

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