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Curran and Reid have given an account1 of their investigations on the primary ionization of β-particles in mixtures of argon and ethyl alcohol vapour. I have carried out some experiments on the specific ionization of fast β-particles in a mixture of air and ethyl alcohol — water vapour2.
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Curran, S. C., and Reid, J. M., Nature, 160, 866 (1947).
Beekman, W. J., Physica, 12, 534 (1946).
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BEEKMAN, W. Specific Ionization of Fast β-Particles in a Mixture of Air and Ethyl Alcohol-Water Vapour. Nature 163, 167–168 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163167b0
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