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By employing the 24 Mg(p, 6 He) 19 Na and 28 si(p, 6 He) 23 Al reactions [dcr/dD 'VlOO nb/sr], the mass excesses of 19 Na and 23 Al are found to be 12.974±0.070 MeV and 6.766±0.080 MeV,