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Re: fluorine

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  • Subject: Re: fluorine
  • From: msdrl!nachbar at uunet.uu.net (Dr. Robert B. Nachbar)
  • Date: Sun, 20 Sep 92 10:33:46 EDT

Bob Weller writes:
> 
> 
> For anyone who is interested, the AtomicWeight of fluorine in the 
> ChemicalElements package is wrong (version 2.1 and earlier).  It should be
> 18.998... not 19.998...  The error is not the fault of WRI, it's origin
> is the source text, "The Elements" by Emsley.
> 

I reported this problem to WRI a few months ago, but not in time to
make the 2.1 release. They acknowledge it and will correct it.

Bob 


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