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In the chemistry of interstellar clouds, the three-atomic hydrogen ion plays a key role. In these reactions, also simple organic molecules form. Although H3+ is the simplest polyatomic molecular ion, ...

IN recent years various observers have investigated the formation of active hydrogen in discharge tubes at pressures ranging from two centimetres to atmospheric. The evidence has been both positive ...