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The 2·73 Absorption Band in Fused Silica

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LYON and Ellis in a recent note1 refer to the absence of the 2·73 infra-red absorption band in specimens of fused silica examined by them, and suggest that the band found at this wave-length by previous investigators may be due to an impurity, possibly CO2 or H2O.

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DRUMMOND, D. The 2·73 Absorption Band in Fused Silica. Nature 138, 248–249 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138248b0

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