“…Various investigators (Calvert, et al, 1960;Christie, 1958b;Christie, et al, 1965;Johnston and Heicklen, 1966) obtained values between 12 and 87 1./(mole sec) for the second-order rate constant for the dimerization of nitrosomethane at 25°C. Rates of the thermal decomposition of the dimers of nitrosomethane were also measured (Batt, et al, 1960;Christie, et al, 1965).…”