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THE emission of short-range α-particles in the proton bombardment of oxygen, nitrogen and fluorine has been known for some time1. Calculations based on published mass values2 show that there should also be a release of energy in the (p, α) reactions in sodium and aluminium, according to the equations : These processes have now been observed, and their Q-values obtained, by a method of magnetic analysis similar to that used by Burcham and Devons3 for the detection of the short-range α-particles in the proton disintegration of fluorine. Some further observations on this latter reaction have also been made.
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FREEMAN, J., BAXTER, A. Short-Range α-Particles from the Disintegration of Sodium, Aluminium and Fluorine by Protons. Nature 162, 696–698 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162696a0
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