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IT is well known that vanadium pentoxide, used as a catalyst, greatly increases the efficiency of sodium chlorate when employed as an oxidizing agent in the production of certain dyes. Investigations have been carried out to determine whether similar use could be made of vanadium in certain methods of weed destruction, more particularly in connexion with the practice of smearing the cut surfaces of bracken fronds with chlorate solution or introducing it into the tissues of bramble plants by immersing the ends of stems from which the tips have been cut.
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BATES, G. Vanadium Pentoxide as a Catalyst for Sodium Chlorate in Weed Destruction. Nature 148, 753 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148753a0
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