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DURING the course of some experiments upon the contact potential difference between the alkali metals and glass. I noticed that a freshly cut piece of sodium rapidly discharged an electroscope.
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PHILLIPS, C. An Emanation from Sodium. Nature 78, 79 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/078079a0
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