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Ethereal Sulphate Content of Agar Specimens

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IN 1942, through the kindness of Dr. A. P. Orr of the Marine Station, Millport, specimens of agars of known history were examined to see if evidence could be secured for the formulation of Jones and Peat1, which demands a relatively high sulphur content (S, 1·8 per cent; that is, SO4, 5·4 per cent).

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    E. G. V. PERCIVAL

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PERCIVAL, E. Ethereal Sulphate Content of Agar Specimens. Nature 154, 673–674 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154673b0

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