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Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on two papers 'The diffusion and thermal diffusion of hydrogen-deuterium, with a note on the thermal diffusion of hydrogen-helium' by H R Heath, T L Ibbs and N E Wild, and 'Thermal diffusion in hydrogen-deuterium mixtures' by K E Grew

Reference number: RR/68/79

Date: March 1941

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests correcting some of the values across the two papers.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on recto as received 13 March 1941.

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RR/68/79
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March 1941
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Sydney Chapman, Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on two papers 'The diffusion and thermal diffusion of hydrogen-deuterium, with a note on the thermal diffusion of hydrogen-helium' by H R Heath, T L Ibbs and N E Wild, and 'Thermal diffusion in hydrogen-deuterium mixtures' by K E Grew, March 1941, RR/68/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_79/referees-report-by-sydney-chapman-on-two-papers-the-diffusion-and-thermal-diffusion-of-hydrogen-deuterium-with-a-note-on-the-thermal-diffusion-of-hydrogen-helium-by-h-r-heath-t-l-ibbs-and-n-e-wild-and-thermal-diffusion-in-hydrogen-deuterium-mixtures-by-k-e-grew, accessed on 19 April 2025

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