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The Atomic Weight of Xenon

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BY the kindness of Dr. F. W. Aston, who placed at our disposal 235 c.c. of highly purified xenon, we have been enabled to redetermine the atomic weight of this element.

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  1. Proc. Roy. Soc., 126, p. 511; 1930.

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WHYTLAW-GRAY, R., PATTERSON, H. & CAWOOD, W. The Atomic Weight of Xenon. Nature 127, 970–971 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127970b0

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