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Validity of the Clausius-Mosotti Formula

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IN a paper published in 19401 I threw doubt on the validity of what is now called the Clausius-Mosotti formula and put forward another which, if correct, would considerably affect present values of the dipole moments of many substances.

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  1. Brown, G. B., Proc. Phys. Soc., 52, 577 (1940).

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    G. BURNISTON BROWN

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BROWN, G. Validity of the Clausius-Mosotti Formula. Nature 150, 661–662 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150661b0

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