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Thermal Decomposition of Silver Oxalate

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WORK has been in progress here for some years on the thermal decomposition of silver oxalate, and two papers on the subject are now practically ready for publication. In the meantime, a paper by Benton and Cunningham has appeared1, dealing with the influence on this reaction of pre-exposure to light. As it will not be convenient to discuss this paper in our forthcoming publications, we propose to summarise here the points of agreement and difference.

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  1. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 57, 2227.

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MACDONALD, J. Thermal Decomposition of Silver Oxalate. Nature 137, 152–153 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137152b0

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