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Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of hydrogen peroxide vapour' by Robert C Mackenzie and Mowbray Ritchie

Reference number: RR/68/490

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests adding further experimental details regarding thermal activation into the summary.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

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

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RR/68/490
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1944
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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of hydrogen peroxide vapour' by Robert C Mackenzie and Mowbray Ritchie, 1944, RR/68/490, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_490/referees-report-by-cyril-norman-hinshelwood-on-a-paper-the-thermal-decomposition-of-hydrogen-peroxide-vapour-by-robert-c-mackenzie-and-mowbray-ritchie, accessed on 07 June 2026

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