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Chemical Separation of the Isotopes of Hydrogen

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IN their note on this subject1 Messrs. A. and L. Farkas have reported the following values for the ratio,, of the specific rates (H1: H2) at which the isotopes are discharged when the metals indicated undergo solution in water: Na, 1.2 ; Ca, 1.5 ; Al, 2 ; Zn, 4. Excepting the statement that sulphuric acid (0.1 N) was present during the dissolution of zinc, no indication is given concerning the conditions under which these experiments were performed.

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  1. NATURE, 133, 139, Jan. 27, 1934.

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HUGHES, E., INGOLD, C. & WILSON, C. Chemical Separation of the Isotopes of Hydrogen. Nature 133, 291–292 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133291a0

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