Active nitrogen, as it is now commonly known, was first discovered by Lewis (1) in 1900. He used relatively pure nitrogen, through which a condensed discharge was passed. He noted that the discharge tube was filled with a "beautiful chamois-yellow mist," which persisted for several seconds after the current was interrupted. The spectrum of this afterglow was banded and could be identified with part of the nitrogen spectrum. The use of sodium to remove the last traces of oxygen and water eliminated the afterglow. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.111332 |
| Date | January 1957 |
| Creators | Sobering, Simon Edgar. |
| Contributors | Winkler, C.A. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Physical Chemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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