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Spectroscopic Constants of the Di-Atom PN

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IN a recent paper1, I ventured to predict that (a) “the internuclear distance of PN may be taken as closely approximating to the mean of the experimental values for NN and PP” (p. 28), and that (b) “it may be expected that experiment may show that PN has the highest bond constant and mean restoring force in the LK and KL periods” (p. 36).

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  1. C. H. Douglas Clark, Proc. Leeds Phil. Soc., 3, 26; 1935.

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CLARK, C. Spectroscopic Constants of the Di-Atom PN. Nature 135, 544 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135544a0

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