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Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The ultra-violet absorption spectra of some gaseous alkali-metal halides and the dissociation energy of fluorine' by R F Barrow and A D Caunt

Reference number: RR/79/70

Date: 17 April 1953

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Paper reference code: A64

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1953].

Received 18 April 1953.

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RR/79/70
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17 April 1953
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Michael Polanyi, Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The ultra-violet absorption spectra of some gaseous alkali-metal halides and the dissociation energy of fluorine' by R F Barrow and A D Caunt, 17 April 1953, RR/79/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_70/referees-report-by-michael-polanyi-on-a-paper-the-ultra-violet-absorption-spectra-of-some-gaseous-alkali-metal-halides-and-the-dissociation-energy-of-fluorine-by-r-f-barrow-and-a-d-caunt, accessed on 20 January 2026

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