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Methyl Iodide Flame Bands

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IN 1937, Vaidya1 reported that he had observed in the spectrum of the flame of methyl iodide burning in oxygen, two systems of bands which he described as being degraded to the red, and without any visible fine structure. Thirty-five bands were observed between 4265 A. and 5720 A.

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  1. Vaidya, Proc Ind. Acad. Sci., A, 6, 122 (1937).

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  2. Gaydon, "Spectroscopy and Combustion Theory", 162 (1942).

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BLAKE, R., IREDALE, T. Methyl Iodide Flame Bands. Nature 157, 229 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157229a0

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