Use of a Palladium Tube Technique in the Study of the Role of Hydrogen in Combustion Systems

FROM the experiments of H. B. Dixon¹ and later workers, the importance of the presence of hydrogen-containing species in the combustion of carbon monoxide is generally recognized. The wet oxidation is a chain reaction in which these bodies provide the chain carriers. Recent experiments^2,3 which prove the dominant role of the wet carbon monoxide-oxygen reaction during the high-temperature oxidation of carbon leads to a similar conclusion, namely, that small amounts of hydrogen or its compounds are necessary for the production of fully burnt gases during the combustion of solid fuels.