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Paper, 'On the separation of iodine, bromine, and chlorine, and the comparative degree of affinity of these elements for silver; with some analyses of their combinations with that metal occurring in Chili [Chile]' by Frederic Field

Reference number: AP/39/31

Date: 1857

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Field presents a method for the separation of chlorine, bromine and iodine. Marked on front as 'For the Proceedings'.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 5 June 1857. Read 18 June 1857. Communicated by A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann.

A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the separation of iodine, bromine, and chlorine, and the comparative degree of affinity of these elements for silver; with some analyses of their combinations with that metal occurring in chili'.

A version of this paper was published by Field in the Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London: Field, Frederic. 'On the separation of iodine, bromine, and chlorine, and the comparative degree of affinity of these elements for silver; with some analyses of their combinations with that metal occurring in chili.' The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume 10 (1858), pp. 234-243.

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AP/39/31
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1857
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Frederick Field

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Frederick Field, Paper, 'On the separation of iodine, bromine, and chlorine, and the comparative degree of affinity of these elements for silver; with some analyses of their combinations with that metal occurring in Chili [Chile]' by Frederic Field, 1857, AP/39/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_31/paper-on-the-separation-of-iodine-bromine-and-chlorine-and-the-comparative-degree-of-affinity-of-these-elements-for-silver-with-some-analyses-of-their-combinations-with-that-metal-occurring-in-chili-chile-by-frederic-field, accessed on 24 March 2025

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