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Letter from William Hume-Rothery, on a paper 'An x-ray method for investigating diffusion with or against the concentration gradient in the alloy Cu FeNi' by Vera Daniel to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/70/83

Date: 10 July 1947

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He finds the paper to difficult to follow. Asks if he can communicate with the author directly. If note, he wishes to show the paper to a colleague to see whether his opinion is the same.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1948 under the title 'An experimental and theoretical investigation of diffusion in a two-phase alloy'].

Endorsed on recto as received 11 July 1947.

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RR/70/83
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10 July 1947
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William Hume-Rothery, Letter from William Hume-Rothery, on a paper 'An x-ray method for investigating diffusion with or against the concentration gradient in the alloy Cu FeNi' by Vera Daniel to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 10 July 1947, RR/70/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_83/letter-from-william-hume-rothery-on-a-paper-an-x-ray-method-for-investigating-diffusion-with-or-against-the-concentration-gradient-in-the-alloy-cu-feni-by-vera-daniel-to-the-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 December 2024

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