XIV.—The Slow Oxidation of Phosphorus

Elizabeth Gilchrist

doi:10.1017/S0370164600022574

XIV.—The Slow Oxidation of Phosphorus

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014

Elizabeth Gilchrist

Article contents

Extract
References

Get access

Extract

It has long been known that yellow phosphorus is slowly oxidised in air at the ordinary temperature and that the oxidation is accompanied by a glow easily visible in a darkened room. If oxygen at atmospheric pressure is substituted for air no glow is perceived, and the oxidation, if it occurs at all, is incomparably slower than in air. If the pressure of oxygen is reduced either directly or by admixture with an indifferent gas the glow may be made to reappear. The seeming contradiction of the law of mass action involved in these phenomena has been the subject of many experiments, and the main object of the present investigation is to attempt to throw some light on this anomaly.

Type: Proceedings
Information: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 43 , 1924 , pp. 197 - 215

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0370164600022574 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1924

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

^{page 198 note *} Journ. Chem. Soc., 57, 545, 1890.

^{page 198 note †} Journ. Phys. Chem., 25, 349, 1921.

^{page 200 note *} Journ. Phys. Chem., 25, 349, 1921.

^{page 203 note *} Biochem. Journ., 8, 649, 1914.

^{page 204 note *} Zeit. Phys. Chem., 85, 99, 1913.

^{page 205 note *} Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 99, 372, 1921.

^{page 206 note *} Journ. Soc. Chem. Ind., 24, 481, 1905.

^{page 206 note †} Phil. Mag., 5th ser., 38, 505, 1894.

^{page 206 note ‡} Zeit. Phys. Chem., 85, 99, 1913.

^{page 206 note §} Journ. Chem. Soc., 83, 1263, 1903.

^{page 207 note *} Ber., 3, 84, 1870.

^{page 207 note †} Zeit. Phys. Chem., 16, 411, 1895.

^{page 209 note *} Journ. Chem. Soc., A ii, 100, 201, 1911Google Scholar.

^{page 209 note †} Quart. Journ. Sci., ii. 83, 1829.

^{page 209 note ‡} Edin. New Phil. Journ., 15, 48, 1883.

^{page 209 note §} Zeit. Phys. Chem., 26, 1, 1898.

^{page 209 note ║} Zeit. Phys. Chem., 85, 99, 1913.

^{page 210 note *} Loc. cit.

^{page 210 note †} Poggendorff's Ann., 65, 69, 1845; ibid., 169; Journ. Prakt. Chem., 36, 246, 379, 1845.

^{page 210 note ‡} Bull. Soc. Chim. Paris, 35, 419, 1881.

^{page 211 note *} Loc. cit.

^{page 211 note †} Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 89, 10, 1914.

^{page 212 note *} Chem. News, 92, 62, 1905.

^{page 213 note *} Journ. Chem. Soc. (Abs.), 104 (III), 1052, 1913.

^{page 213 note †} Journ. Phys. Chem., 25, 61, 1921.

^{page 214 note *} Loc. cit., p. 1283.

^{page 214 note †} Loc. cit., p. 416.

^{page 214 note ‡} Loc. cit., p. 10.

Article contents

XIV.—The Slow Oxidation of Phosphorus

Extract

Access options

References

Save article to Kindle

Save article to Dropbox

Save article to Google Drive

Reply to: Submit a response

Your details

You have entered the maximum number of contributors

Conflicting interests