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Voltages produced by Oxygen in Platinum-Sodium Chloride Crystal Cells

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IT has been found that single crystals of sodium chloride annealed in nitrogen under mild compression between platinum electrodes produce electrical potentials when treated with traces of oxygen at 700°–730° C.

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ALLNATT, A., CHADWICK, A. & PANTELIS, P. Voltages produced by Oxygen in Platinum-Sodium Chloride Crystal Cells. Nature 213, 1226–1227 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131226b0

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