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New Band Systems in the Gadolinium Oxide Spectrum

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WITH the same arrangement of the oxyhydrogen flame used to obtain low excitation spectra of the oxides of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and samarium, I have been able to volatilise completely the oxide of gadolinium and to photograph its spectrum in the visible region.

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PICCARDI, G. New Band Systems in the Gadolinium Oxide Spectrum. Nature 132, 481 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132481a0

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