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The solar abundance of germanium

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The solar abundance of germanium, deduced from two relatively unblended Ge i lines, λ3039.06 and λ3269.50 is found to be log N(Ge) = 3.50 ± 0.05 on the scale log N(H) = 12.00 in good agreement with Cameron's recent solar system abundance logN(Ge) = 3.56 (on assumption log N(Si) = 7.50).

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  1. Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.

    John E. Ross & Lawrence H. Aller

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Ross, J.E., Aller, L.H. The solar abundance of germanium. Sol Phys 35, 281–286 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151949

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