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Role of the Solvent in Electrolytic Dissociation

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IN a letter to NATURE of April 22, Dr. A. R. Martin has discussed the interpretation to be placed on the experiments of Hughes and Hartley1 on the effect of small additions of water on the electrical conductivities of salts in methyl alcohol and acetone.

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  1. Phil. Mag., 15, 610; 1933.

  2. Shaw and Butler, Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 129, 519; 1930.

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  3. Butler and Lees, ibid., A, 131, 382; 1931.

  4. Ibid., A, 138, 450; 1932.

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BUTLER, J., CONNELL, L. Role of the Solvent in Electrolytic Dissociation. Nature 131, 800–801 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131800c0

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