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Dissociation of N+2

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WITH reference to communications on valency and electronic structure published in this journal from time to time1, we wish to direct attention to the spectrum of N+2 and particularly to the term (C) 2 (3.52 e.v. above (B) 2) found by Watson and Koontz2 some time ago. This term, being the second excited level of 2 type, is produced by the excitation of the unpaired 3s (2p) electron of the ground state (X) 2, to the group 3d(3s).

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  1. Hunter, R. F., and Samuel, R., NATURE, 138, 411 (1936), and literature mentioned there.

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  2. Watson, W. W., and Koontz, G. P., Phys. Rev., 46, 32 (1934).

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ASUNDI, R., SAMUEL, R. Dissociation of N+2. Nature 139, 375 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139375a0

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