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Comment on "Electric polarizabilities of CH_4, CO, and O_2 determined by an optical refractometer"

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Patrick Egan

Abstract

The work of Zhao et al. has several problems. Here, the focus is on issues specific to oxygen. However, questions about units of magnetic susceptibility and the stability of elastic properties apply to their results for all gases.
Citation
Metrologia
Volume
63

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Egan, P. (2026), Comment on "Electric polarizabilities of CH_4, CO, and O_2 determined by an optical refractometer", Metrologia, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/aea423, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=961847 (Accessed September 19, 2026)
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Created September 18, 2026
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