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IN this letter, a brief account is given of the preliminary results of an investigation of the radioactive gases evolved in the fission of uranium nuclei. This investigation was commenced this summer but was interrupted by the outbreak of the War. Even if the results so far obtained are not more complete than those obtained in the meantime by other investigators1, it may still be of interest to describe the method employed, which follows somewhat different lines.
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Hahn, O., and Strassmann, F., Naturwiss., 27, 163 (1939). Heyn, F., Aten, A., and Bakker, C., NATURE, 143, 516, and 679 (1939). Glasoe and Steigman, Phys. Rev., 55. 982 (1939).
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WERTENSTEIN, L. Radioactive Gases Evolved in Uranium Fission. Nature 144, 1045–1046 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1441045a0
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