Narcotic Effect of Xenon

A paper by Lawrence and colleagues (1946) has significance here because of comments on the reliability of the published absorption coefficients for water. The narcotic effects of the noble gases He to Xe were outlined, and some relationship 

The reference book (1944) values were found to be in considerable error, being based on the work of Antropoff (1910). It was intimated that several authors (Lannung, 1930 Valentiner, 1930 Van Liempt and Van Wijk, 1937 ), including von Antropoff himself (1919), have shown these values to be in error. The values for neon given by Lannung and Valentiner differed so much that it appeared difficult to decide which is the more reliable. 

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L7. Lawrence, J. H., Loomis, W. F., Tobias, C. A., and Turpin, F. H., Preliminary observations on the narcotic effect of xenon with a review of values for solubilities of gases in water and oils. J. Physiol. (London) 106, 197-204 (1946). 

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