chambcr. White crystals of nitrosulphuric acid, NOHSO
4
(to put it in
another way, sulphuric acid in which one hydrogen ion is replaced by the
nitronium ion, : N a O*:), arc formed. When steam is introduced the crystals
react to form drops of sulphuric acid, liberating oxides o f nitrogen. In
effect, the oxides of nitrogen serve to catalyze the oxidation of sulphur
dioxide by oxygen. The reactions that occur may be summarized as
2SO:+NO + NOj+ 0 :+ H :0 -> 2N0HS0,;
2
NOHSO
4
+ H :0 -> 2H:S0*+ NO + NO:.
The oxides of nitrogen, NO and N 0 2, that take part in the first reaction,
arc released by the second reaction, and can serve over and over again.
It should be pointed out in conclusion that however widespread these
processes may be, they arc by no means tlic only ways o f the manufacture
of sulphuric acid.
Text 19
W hat Is Light? W hat Is an Electron?
During recent years many people have asked the following questions:
“Docs light
really consist of waves or of particles? Is the clcctron
really a
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