Note on the Chemical Constant of Chlorine

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Since the publication of a previous paper on chemical constants, some further experimental data upon the dissociation of chlorine by Wohl have appeared, from which a new and rather more satisfactory value of the chemical constant of diatomic chlorine can be calculated. Wohl concludes that Q₀, the heat of dissociation at absolute zero, is – 57,000 calories. This is in good agreement with Henglein's value – 54,000 but differs from that of Trautz and Stackel, namely – 71,000, which is the value adopted in the previous paper. Q₀ is necessarily an adjustable constant, and since Wold's value gives results which are a good deal more concordant with each other and with the theory, we now take Q₀ = − 57,000. Wohl also uses hv₀/k = 902 instead of 1093, but as the difference made by this change is very small compared with other disagreements, we retain the value 1093. The following table gives the new values of Γ (Cl₂), calculated in the same way as before. The initials at the heads of the columns refer to the results of Henglein, Trautz and Wohl respectively.