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The Theory of the Paramagnetism of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide

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THE two important paramagnetic gases are oxygen and nitric oxide, and to account numerically for their susceptibilities has long been a puzzle. The new quantum mechanics, together with recent spectroscopic data for nitric oxide, seem at last to solve the difficulties.

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VLECK, J. The Theory of the Paramagnetism of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide. Nature 119, 670 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119670a0

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