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Accommodation Coefficient of Deuterium

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IN attempting to find the relative times of life of hydrogen and deuterium molecules on a bare platinum surface, preliminary results have been obtained for the accommodation coefficients of hydrogen, deuterium and helium relative to a normal (that is, unflashed) platinum wire, the wire having been annealed at red heat in air for about one minute to remove strain.

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    W. B. MANN & W. C. NEWELL

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MANN, W., NEWELL, W. Accommodation Coefficient of Deuterium. Nature 137, 662 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137662c0

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