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On the Phosphorescence of Nitrogen

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BY the use of a tube of a type recently designed by Dr. Coolidge of Schenectady, and kindly shown in action by him to one of us, we have recently been enabled to extend our knowledge of the spectrum of solid nitrogen made luminescent by bombardment with swiftly moving electrons. The tube we used was provided with a window of thin nickel foil through which electrons under a potential of 125,000 volts were projected into the vacuum space of a german silver thermos flask of special design. The nitrogen was deposited and solidified on the inner wall of the thermos flask within the vacuum space, and the refrigerant used was liquid hydrogen.

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MCLENNAN, J., IRETON, H. & THOMPSON, K. On the Phosphorescence of Nitrogen. Nature 118, 408–409 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118408a0

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