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Atomic Radius of Fluorine

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FOR reasons explained in a forthcoming paper, I suggest the use of the term ‘di-atom’ in place of ‘diatomic molecule’ in spectroscopic nomenclature.

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CLARK, C. Atomic Radius of Fluorine. Nature 134, 99–100 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134099b0

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