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SINCE my last letter under the above title in NATURE of July 1, experiments have been made with a few more elements. The work has been progressively more and more difficult, for it has not been easy to find volatile compounds suitable for use, and when found the very objectionable chemical properties of some of them have led to experimental trouble and disappointing results. Thus selenium, tin, antimony, and tellurium have so far yielded no result of any value.
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ASTON, F. The Constitution of the Elements. Nature 106, 468 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106468a0
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