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A RECENT note1 described the yellow–green fluorescence which resulted from the injection of triethylborane into the upper atmosphere. At that time, the radiating species which produced this fluorescence was not identified, and a spectrum has since been obtained from a similar release of triethylborane.
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HOFFMAN, J., PALMER, M. & SMITH, L. Molecular Fluorescence accompanying the Twilight Injection of Triethylborane into the Upper Atmosphere. Nature 215, 1158–1159 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151158b0
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