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EXPERIMENTS are proceeding at the University of Birmingham using high-speed rotors as sources of molecular beams1. Using this technique, it was possible to produce a pulsed beam of potassium atoms, which was employed to measure the life-time of potassium ions on a hot tungsten filament.
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BULL, T., MARSHALL, D. Life-time of Potassium Ions on a Tungsten Filament at 1,460° K.. Nature 167, 478 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167478a0
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