A Progression Relation in the Molecular Spectrum of Oxygen Occurring in the Liquid and in the Gas at High Pressure-[Wulf O R ]化学.pdf

VOL. 14, 1928 CHEMISTRY: 0. R. WULF 609 A calorimetric determination of the amount of phosphorus pentoxide remaining in the drying tube showed that 3.8 grams of pentoxide were unused. This quantity of phosphorus pentoxide is probably 30% too low. Summary.-In three experiments described here no abnormal rise in the boiling points of benzene and carbon tetrachloride was obtained after four to four and a half years of intensive drying. The organic liquids were sealed off with phosphorus pentoxide in glass tubes and kept at room tem- perature. It may be remarked that there remain a number of tubes of glass and quartz containing organic liquids sealed up with phosphorus pentoxide and it is proposed to open them several years later when they are at least as old as the tubes described by Baker. The work was carried out in the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin. * NATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOW iN CHamsTRY. 1H. B. Baker and M. Baker, J. Chcm. Soc., 101, 2339 (1912); H. B. Baker, J. C/sm. Soc., 121, 568 (1922); A. Smits, J. Chem. Soc., (1924-1926). 2 J. Chem. Soc., 129, 2667 (1926). J Trans. Amer. Electrochem. Soc., 19, 81 (1911). J. Chem. Soc., 1922, loc. cit. A PROGRESSION RELATION IN THE MOLECULAR SPECTRUM OF OXYGEN OCCURRING IN THE LIQUID AND IN THE GAS AT HIGH PRESSURE By OLIVER R. WuLp* CHsMIcAL LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CommUniCated June 23, 1928 During a study of the existing data on the absorption of light by oxygen gas and by liquid oxygen, the author has noticed a new progression re- lation in the near ultra-violet. In the gas at moderate pressures there begins to appear absorption which is quite distinct from the Schumann- Runge system and from the atmospheric bands.2 This has been obs