mula Al,CI, as established b y Deville and ‘l‘roost’s deterniination the vapor denit!, niay be reprcwritctl :I< :
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1his view seems t o reconcile the otherwke conflicting evidence a s t o atomicity derived from the observed vapor densities of aluminum chloride on the one hantl and aluminum methid and ethid on the other. T h e determinations of Buckton and Odling for the vapor densities of tlie latter of tliesc compounds are quite inconsihterit with the comnion assumption that aluminum is,tetrad. C~srv.OF VIIEGISIA, Aept. PO, 1882.
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