XXIII. On the action of electricity on gases.—No. II. On the electric decomposition of carbonic-acid gas

Abstract

In my previous experiments the maximum amount of ozone obtained by the action of electricity upon pure oxygen passed through the induction-tube of W. Siemens was about 20 per cent., an amount which, under the conditions of the experiment, could not be exceeded. It occurred to me as possible to replace the 80 per cent. of oxygen unaffected by the action of the electricity by an indifferent gas, and thus to effect the complete conversion of oxygen into ozone. This idea was the starting-point of the following investigation.