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MR. CHAPMAN'S conclusion (NATURE, June 17, p. 487) that the isotopes of chlorine should on certain assumptions be capable of separation by chemical means, is clearly wrong, unless there is something not stated in the reasoning to prevent it being applied to the case of a “pure” element, such as, for example, according to the results of Aston, fluorine actually is. Denoting an entirely imaginary difference between two kinds of fluorine atoms by F and F′, the reasoning seems to lead in this case to the obviously absurd result that these two kinds of identical atoms with a purely imaginary difference must be capable of separation by chemical means.
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SODDY, F. The Separation of the Isotopes of Chlorine. Nature 105, 516 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105516b0
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