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Hoffman, Palmer and Smith1 recently presented a low resolution emission spectrum obtained from the sunlit release of triethylborane at a height of between 90 km and 178 km above the Earth. They assigned the observed bands to an A2Π–2Π transition of boron oxide, even though they noted the absence of a band expected at 6025 Å on the basis of this assignment. Their communication does not make clear which oxide of boron is assigned as responsible for the emission.
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MILLIKAN, R. Emission of BO2 from Injection of Triethylborane into the Upper Atmosphere. Nature 216, 571 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216571a0
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