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The extinction curves for spherical particles are subject to the errors of the particle material’s refractive index. Their sensitivity to these errors has been investigated and is found to be dependent upon wavelength. For graphite, significant errors are produced in the far ultraviolet part of the extinction curve; for silicates, in the near ultraviolet; while for iron the error is relatively small.
The wavelength dependence of the 10 μm and 20 μm absorption bands of small silicate spheroids upon their shape and alignment has been studied. It is found that the bands can be displaced by ∼ 1 μm towards longer wavelengths from their positions for corresponding spheres : and that a further, though small, displacement can be superimposed upon this by their subsequent alignment.
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Morgan, D.H. (1976). Features of the Interstellar Extinction Curve. In: Wickramasinghe, N.C., Morgan, D.J. (eds) Solid State Astrophysics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1884-5_2
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