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As astronomers involved in studies of interstellar dust in various environments are about to head into ISO’s decade, it seems to me both a good and a risky idea to try and summarize our current knowledge of the properties of dust in galactic disks. Indeed it is always interesting to sort out our various findings to see which questions were answered, which still need research and which have arisen. It is however never safe to make a bet on the future, as our expectations are often based on a description of reality strongly biased by the limitations of available instruments. This is even more unsafe a few months before the first light of a “ground-breaking” telescope.

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Sauvage, M. (1997). Dust in the Disks of Galaxies. In: van der Hulst, J.M. (eds) The Interstellar Medium in Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 219. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5620-2_1

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