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Limitations of Electronic Interpretations of Chemical Phenomena

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ALLEN, C., WRIGHT, P. Limitations of Electronic Interpretations of Chemical Phenomena. Nature 199, 344–346 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199344a0

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