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THE ultra-violet absorption spectrum of liquid water has been reported by various workers1–4. They found that absorption begins in the region of 200 mµ and increases with decreasing wave-length as far as the limit of measurement at 180 mµ.
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BARRETT, J., MANSELL, A. Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of the Molecules H2O, HDO and D2O. Nature 187, 138 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187138a0
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