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FOR the evaluation of recently measured low-temperature adsorption data we required the vapour pressure curves of krypton and xenon from 77° K to about 20° K above their respective triple points. We therefore undertook a critical review of the literature in order to try to define for each gas the vapour pressure curve that is best substantiated by the reported values. We found that the vapour pressure data for krypton published by various authors1–6 are generally in good agreement with each other. Most reported values lie within ± 1 per cent of the curve given by the vapour pressure equations of Freeman and Halsey6, which can therefore be used with some confidence.
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GRÜTTER, A., SHORROCK, J. Vapour Pressures of Xenon (77°–180° K) and Krypton (77°–130° K). Nature 204, 1084–1085 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041084a0
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